payback 2
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Examples
- 1.he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- 2.I will repay, saith the Lord--Romans 12:19
- 3.the swiftness of divine retribution
- 4.For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge--James Garfield
- 5.Vengeance is mine


