Synonyms and related words :
amends, atonement, avenge, avengement, avenging, balancing, comeuppance, commutation, compensation, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterblow, defend, desert, deserts, even the score, expiation, get, get even with, indemnification, indemnity, just deserts, justify, launch a vendetta, lex talionis, offsetting, punish, punishment, quittance, recompense, rectification, redress, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retaliate, retaliation, retribution, revanche, reward, satisfaction, spitefulness, substitution, take revenge, vengeance, vindicate, vindictiveness, what is due, what is merited