settled the score

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grudge · feud · even · avenged · vindicated · justice · reckoning · debt · owed · comeuppance · nemesis · bitter · sweet · final · confrontation · showdown · duel · rivalry

Opposites
revenge/retaliation status

settled the scoreturned a blind eye

Feigned unawareness deliberately

bit one's tongue · walked away

response to grievance

settled the scoreforgave and forgot

Pardoned and dismissed from memory

forgave · let bygones be bygones · pardoned · absolved · made peace

conflict resolution approach

settled the scoremade amends

Compensated for wrongdoing

agreed to disagree · de-escalated · walked away

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