All measure for measure synonyms

adv measure for measure

• amends — recompense or compensation given or gained for some injury, insult, etc
• atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
• compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
• indemnity — protection or security against damage or loss.
• payback — the period of time required to recoup a capital investment.
• quid pro quo — something that is given or taken in return for something else.
• reciprocity — a reciprocal state or relation.
• recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
• reparation — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
• restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
• retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
• tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat.
• indemnification — the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
• lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
• meed — a reward or recompense.
• rectification — the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.