All an eye for an eye synonyms

noun an eye for an eye

• retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
• retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
• compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
• requital — the act of requiting.
• repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
• correspondence — Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone.
• reply — followup
• retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
• counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
• counterblow — a retaliatory blow
• revenge — to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
• reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
• reciprocation — an act or instance of reciprocating.
• counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
• offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
• balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
• counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
• vengeance — infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance?
• neutralization — the act, process, or an instance of neutralizing.
• countermove — A countermove is an action that someone takes in response to an action by another person or group.
• counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
• counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
• interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
• barter — If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
• trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
• tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat.