According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
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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