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Antonyms for paying back
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
- aid
- ask
- assist
- break
- change
- cloud
- conceal
- confuse
- continue
- corrupt
- damage
- deny
- depart
- deprive
- destroy
- disagree
- disarrange
- disorganize
- disturb
- earn
- eat out
- extort
- fail
- fight
- forfeit
- forget
- forgive
- forgiveness
- help
- hide
- hold
- ignore
- keep
- kindness
- leave
- leave alone
- look away
- lose
- neglect
- obscure
- pardon
- pay
- penalize
- play fair
- refuse
- remain
- remove
- request
- seize
- steal
- suppress
- surrender
- sympathize
- sympathy
- take
- unfix
- unsettle
- upset
- veto
- win
- withhold
- worsen
Definition of paying back
- As in reprisal : noun revenge
- As in pay : verb get revenge
- As in refund : verb return money; rebate
- As in render : verb contribute
- As in repay : verb give back money or possession
- As in repay : verb get even; obtain restitution for past injustice
- As in retaliate : verb get even with someone
- As in return : verb give back, send back
- As in revenge : verb retaliate for wrong, grievance
- As in make restitution : verb make amends
- As in restitute : verb refund
- As in exchange : verb trade
- As in fix : verb wreak vengeance on
- As in get back at : verb settle a score
Synonyms for paying back
- accord
- adjust
- alternate
- atone
- avenge
- avenge oneself
- avengement
- avenging
- award
- balance
- bandy
- bargain
- barter
- be avenged
- be out for blood
- bestow
- buy and sell
- carry back
- cash in
- castle
- cede
- change
- change hands
- commute
- compensate
- contact with
- convert into
- convey
- cook someone's goose
- correspond
- counterblow
- counterstroke
- deal in
- defend
- deliver
- displace
- distribute
- even the score
- exact retribution
- exchange
- eye for an eye
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- flip-flop
- furnish
- get
- get back at
- get even
- get revenge
- give
- give and take
- give back
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- give up
- go over to
- hand back
- hand over
- hit back
- honor a claim
- hook up
- horse trade
- hurt
- impart
- indemnify
- interchange
- invert
- justify
- kick back
- link up
- make amends
- make available
- make good
- make good indemnify
- make repayment
- make reprisal
- make restitution
- make up for
- market
- match
- minister
- network
- offset
- part with
- pass to
- pay
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay damages
- pay dues
- pay off
- pay one's dues
- paying back
- present
- provide
- punish
- put back
- react
- rearrange
- rebate
- reciprocate
- recompense
- recoup
- redeem
- redress
- reestablish
- refund
- reimburse
- reinsert
- reinstate
- relinquish
- remit
- remunerate
- render
- repay
- replace
- requital
- requite
- reseat
- restitute
- restore
- retaliate
- retaliation
- retort
- retribution
- retrospect
- return
- return the compliment
- revenge
- reverse
- revise
- revive
- reward
- roll back
- score
- seesaw
- send
- settle
- settle a score
- settle the score
- settle up
- settle with
- shift
- show
- shuffle
- shuttle
- square
- square accounts
- square things
- stick it to
- strike back
- submit
- substitute
- supply
- surrender
- swap
- swap horses
- switch
- take an eye for an eye
- take back
- take retribution
- take revenge
- take vengeance
- tender
- thrust back
- toss back
- trade
- traffic
- transact
- transfer
- transmit
- transpose
- truck
- turn over
- turn the tables
- turn the tables on
- turn upon
- venge
- vengeance
- vindicate
- wreak vengeance
- yield
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