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RETALIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Action taken in return for an injury or offense
Synonyms:
retaliation; revenge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("retaliation" is a kind of...):
getting even; paying back; return (a reciprocal group action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retaliation"):
payback; retribution; vengeance (the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life)
reprisal (a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime)
Derivation:
retaliate (make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil)
retaliate (take revenge for a perceived wrong)
