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PAYING BACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reciprocal group action
Example:
in return we gave them as good as we got
Synonyms:
getting even; paying back; return
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("paying back" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paying back"):
payment; requital (an act of requiting; returning in kind)
retaliation; revenge (action taken in return for an injury or offense)
reciprocation (the act of making or doing something in return)
tit for tat (an equivalent given in return)
