n. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

n. a justly deserved penalty

n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"

n. the act of punishing

n. an act of requiting; returning in kind

n. payment of a debt or obligation

n. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"

n. (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; "the full and final satisfaction of the claim"

n. a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

n. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

n. compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses"

n. an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

n. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

n. (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board

n. the act of punishing