paid back
Returned the money
Paid back is the past tense of pay back, meaning to return money owed or to retaliate for a wrong.
She paid back the loan in full.
He paid her back for the insult by spreading rumors.
The revenge sense carries satisfaction—settling a score, restoring balance.
Giving back what's owed
- refundMoney returned after purchase
- reimbursedPaid back for expenses
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
settled · squared · cleared · indemnified · recompensed · remunerated · balanced · recovered
Punishing a wrongdoer
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- avengedExacted retribution for wrongdoing
comeuppance · reprisal · retaliated · tit-for-tat · grudge · spite · punished · counterstrike
Shared between parties
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- exchangedMutually traded
reciprocated · in kind · matched · corresponded · responded · thanked · acknowledged · appreciated
repayment
Giving back what's owed
- refundMoney returned after purchase
- reimbursedPaid back for expenses
- compensationPayment for services rendered
restitution · settled · squared · cleared · indemnified · recompensed · remunerated · balanced · recovered · liquidated
revenge
Punishing a wrongdoer
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
avenged · comeuppance · reprisal · retaliated · tit-for-tat · grudge · spite · punished · counterstrike · nemesis
mutual
Shared between parties
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
exchanged · reciprocated · in kind · matched · corresponded · responded · thanked · acknowledged · appreciated · honored
paid backlet slide
Choose not to address
unavenged · let go · unanswered · unrequited · overlooked
back, unpaid, repaid, prepaid, repaying, overpaid, underpaid, repayable