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(noun) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing |
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Related Words: correcting, correction, rectification |
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(noun) a justly deserved penalty |
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Synonyms: requittal |
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Related Words: penalty |
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(noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution" |
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Synonyms: vengeance |
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Related Words: retaliation, revenge |
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