retaliation Definition
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retaliate
verb
- intr
retaliated, retaliating
1. To repay an injury, wrong, etc in kind; to get revenge.
- Example: retaliated against the injustice
- Example: retaliated with heavy gun fire
- Thesaurus: avenge, strike back, take revenge, requite, get even with, fight back, return, repay in kind, get back at, reciprocate; Antonym: forgive, turn the other cheek.
noun
- The act of repaying an injury, wrong, etc in kind
- Thesaurus: counterstroke, retribution, revenge, vengeance, reciprocation, requital, repayment, counterblow, reprisal, retort, tit for tat.
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