retaliation
English Thesaurus
1. action taken in return for an injury or offense (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | payback, retribution, vengeance, |
| definition | : | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | reprisal, |
| definition | : | a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | retaliate, strike back, |
| definition | : | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | retaliate, strike back, |
| definition | : | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil (verb.competition) |
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