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- ▪ used to refer to the belief that punishment in kind is the appropriate way to deal with an offense or crime
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Expression supporting proportional punishment; no more and no less
"An eye for an eye" is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible. Wikipedia