Synonyms for eye for eye
| Grammar : Adv, noun |
| Spell : ahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : aɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for eye for eye Other synonyms for the word eye for eye
- amends
- atonement
- avengement
- avenging
- avengment
- compensation
- counterblow
- counterinsurgency
- counterplay
- counterstroke
- equal exchange
- equal substitution
- equivalent
- evening of score
- eye for an eye
- fight
- getting even
- ill will
- implacability
- indemnification
- indemnity
- just desserts
- justice
- lex talionis
- like for like
- malevolence
- measure for measure
- meed
- payback
- paying back
- quid pro quo
- rancor
- reciprocity
- recompense
- rectification
- reparation
- repayment
- requital
- restitution
- retaliation
- return
- revanche
- reward
- ruthlessness
- satisfaction
- settling of score
- something for something
- something in return
- sortie
- spitefulness
- substitute
- tit for tat
- tooth for a tooth
- trade-off
- vengefulness
- vindication
- vindictiveness
- what for
- wrath
Définition of eye for eye
Origin :- c.1200, from Old English ege (Mercian), eage (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *augon (cf. Old Saxon aga, Old Frisian age, Old Norse auga, Swedish öga, Danish øie, Middle Dutch oghe, Dutch oog, Old High German ouga, German Auge, Gothic augo "eye"), from PIE *okw- "to see" (cf. Sanskrit akshi "the eye, the number two," Greek opsis "a sight," Old Church Slavonic oko, Lithuanian akis, Latin oculus, Greek okkos, Tocharian ak, ek, Armenian akn).
- Until late 14c. the plural was in -an, hence modern dialectal plural een, ene. The eye of a needle was in Old English; to see eye to eye is from Isa. lii:8. Eye contact attested by 1965. Eye-opener "anything that informs and enlightens" is from 1863. Have an eye on "keep under supervision" is attested from early 15c.
- As in measure for measure : adv equally
- As in reprisal : noun revenge
- As in retribution : noun payback for another's action
- As in revenge : noun retaliation for wrong, grievance
- As in vengeance : noun retaliation for another's act
- As in eye for an eye : noun retaliation for a wrong
- As in quid pro quo : noun something for something
- As in tit for tat : noun measure for measure
- As in retaliation : noun vengeance
Antonyms for eye for eye
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