Synonyms for repay
verb
To pay back
reimburse, recompense, refund, return, indemnify, give back, make amends, requite, compensate, square oneself*, settle up*; see also pay 1.
To retaliate
get even with, square accounts, reciprocate; see revenge. See syn. study at pay.
See repay in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To exact revenge for or from:
avenge, pay back, pay off, redress, requite, vindicate. (Informal) fix. (Archaic) wreak. Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind (or in one's own coin), settle (or square) accounts, take an eye for an eye. See forgivenessTo give back, especially money:
refund, reimburse, restitute. See payTo give compensation to:
compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, redress, reimburse, remunerate, requite. See payTo make as income or profit:
bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, net2, pay, produce, realize, return, yield. See moneyTo give a satisfactory return to:
compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, remunerate, requite, reward. See pay
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