requital according to merits or deserts, esp. for evil.

something given or inflicted in such requital.

Theology . the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life.

noun

forgiveness , pardon , sympathy

noun

avengement , avenging , comeuppance , compensation , counterblow , eye for an eye * , just desserts , justice , punishment , reckoning , recompense , redress , repayment , reprisal , requital , retaliation , revanche , revenge , reward , satisfaction , vengeance , what for , counteraction , counterattack , reciprocation , tit for tat , correction , nemesis , payback , penalty , return