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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