settling the score
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
grudge · vendetta · even · avenge · nemesis · justice · reckoning · bitter · feud · debt · owed · repay · confrontation · showdown · duel · rivalry · enemy · vindictive
revenge vs. forgiveness
settling the scoreforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
pardoning · absolving · forgive and forget · making peace · burying the hatchet
action vs. inaction
settling the scoredoing nothing
Absence of activity
walking away · suffering in silence · tolerating · letting it go · turning a blind eye
initiating conflict vs. ending conflict
settling the scoremaking amends
Compensating for wrongdoing
peacemaking · reconciliation · restorative justice · conflict resolution · mending fences