Payback
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Entry:payback
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Part of Speech:noun
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Definition:1. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life 2. I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
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Synonyms:payback, retribution, vengeance.
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Sample Sentences:1. Vengeance is mine. 2. For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield. 3. he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him. 4. the swiftness of divine retribution.
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Hypernym:retaliation, revenge.
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Derivationally related form:fix, get, pay back, pay off.