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retribute

VERB
avenge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
vindicate
STRONG
chasten chastise punish redress repay requite revenge
WEAK
come back at even the score get back at get even payback stick it to take satisfaction take vengeance venge
Antonyms
STRONG
cheer comfort encourage forgive

Example Sentences

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Ena seemed to look on it at first as a retribution, but Archie insists that there never was anything to retribute.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

It's all very well to insist that there's nothing to retribute," ran a passage in one of the letters, "but the poor fellow is saying one thing with his lips and another in his soul.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil