| Main Entry: | tit for tat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | measure for measure |
Synonyms: |
equivalent, eye for an eye, like for like, quid pro quo, something for something, trade-off |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trade; deal |
Synonyms: |
barter, buying and selling, castling, change, commerce, commutation, conversion, correspondence, dealing, interchange, interdependence, interrelation, network, quid pro quo, rearrangement, reciprocation, reciprocity, replacement, revision, shift, shuffle, shuffling, substitution, supplanting, supplantment, swap, switch, tit for tat, traffic, transaction, transfer, transposing, transposition, truck |
| Main Entry: | interplay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interaction |
Synonyms: |
coaction, exchange, give-and-take, mesh, meshing, networking, reciprocation, reciprocity, team play, teamwork, tit for tat, transaction |
| Main Entry: | reciprocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, alternate; equal |
Synonyms: |
barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat, trade, vacillate |
Antonyms: |
deny, refuse |
| Main Entry: | revenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation for wrong, grievance |
Synonyms: |
animus, attack, avenging, avengment, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, eye for an eye, fight, getting even, ill will, implacability, malevolence, measure for measure, rancor, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, ruthlessness, satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, tit for tat, vengeance, vengefulness, vindictiveness |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
Antonyms: |
forgiveness, pardon, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | vengeance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation for another's act |
Synonyms: |
avengement, avenging, counterblow, evening of score, eye for an eye, getting even, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, revenge, settling of score, tit for tat, vengefulness, wrath |
Antonyms: |
forgiveness, pardon |
| Main Entry: | eye for an eye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation for a wrong |
Synonyms: |
avenging, getting even, measure for measure, payback, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, tit for tat, tooth for a tooth, vengeance, vindication |
| Main Entry: | measure for measure |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | equally |
Synonyms: |
amends, atonement, compensation, eye for an eye, indemnification, indemnity, lex talionis, meed, payback, quid pro quo, reciprocity, recompense, rectification, reparation, restitution, retaliation, tit for tat, tooth for a tooth |
| Main Entry: | quid pro quo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for something |
Synonyms: |
equal exchange, equal substitution, equivalent, eye for an eye, like for like, measure for measure, something in return, substitute, tit for tat, trade-off |
| Main Entry: | retaliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revenge |
Synonyms: |
comeuppance, payback, reprisal, requital, retribution, reward, riposte, tit for tat, vengeance |