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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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