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payback

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of payback

the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury

we are hoping to get payback for the humiliating defeat we suffered at the hands of our rivals during our last matchup

Synonyms of payback

reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance

Words Related to payback

counter, counterattack, counteroffensive

castigation, chastisement, correction

desert(s), discipline, nemesis, penalty, punishment, wrath

amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation(s), restitution

Near Antonyms of payback

clemency, grace, leniency, lenity, mercy

forgiveness, pardon, remission

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