reproof valiant

noun

Roget 718: retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter-stroke, counter-blast, counterplot, counter-project; retribution, lex talionis [Lat.]; reciprocation etc. (reciprocity) 12.    tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous.    recrimination etc. (accusation) 938; revenge etc. 919; compensation etc. 30; reaction etc. (recoil) 277.    ... show more

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