payback
/ˈpeɪˌbæk/ n [C/U] (PUNISHMENT)Definition
› an action that punishes someone for something bad that the person did to you; revenge: [U] They view the proposed initiative as payback to those senators who have not shown enough Republican loyalty.
(Definition of payback n (PUNISHMENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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