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retaliation |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retaliation \Re*tal`i*a"tion\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retaliation n : action taken in return for an injury or offense [syn: {revenge}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.
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