Penalty and Requital

Penalty

Penalty noun - A sum of money to be paid as a punishment.

Requital and penalty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Requital" instead a noun "Penalty".

Requital

Requital noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.
Usage example: “an eye for an eye” is a form of requital that is still legal in some countries
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Synonyms for Requital

Penalty and requital are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Penalty" instead a noun "Requital".

Nearby Words: requite, requited, requiting
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