English / proverb
An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth
MEANING IN ENGLISH
The principle of proportional retribution where retaliatory punishment corresponds directly to the injury inflicted.
In context
01
Demanding an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth merely perpetuates prolonged animosity.
02
Democratic legal frameworks favor restorative rehabilitation over archaic eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth retribution.
Synonyms
tit for tat,retribution,lex talionis
Antonyms
forgiveness,clemency,turning the other cheek
Collocations
doctrine of an eye for an eye,demand an eye for an eye,cycle of an eye for an eye