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RETALIATION
retaliation, revenge
(noun) action taken in return for an injury or offense
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
retaliation (usually uncountable, plural retaliations)
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
Synonyms
• See also revenge
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tal`i*a"tion, n.
Definition: The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.
Syn.
– Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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