retaliation
noun
1 retaliation
Action taken in return for an injury or offense.
synonym: revenge.
Roget 30:
compensation,
equation;
commutation;
indemnification;
compromise;
etc.
774
neutralization,
nullification;
counteraction
etc.
179;
reaction;
measure for measure,
retaliation,
etc.
718
equalization;
etc.
27;
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off,
offset;
make-weight,
casting-weight;
counterpoise,
ballast;
indemnity,
equivalent,
quid pro quo;
bribe,
hush money;
amends
etc.
(atonement)
952;
counterbalance,
counterclaim;
cross-debt,
cross-demand.
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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.
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Dutch: repercussie, revanche, vergelding, vindicatie, wraak, wraakneming
Polish: zemsta, odwet, pomsta, rozrachunek, porachunek
Moby thesaurus: alternation, amends, atonement, avengement, avenging, balancing, battledore and shuttlecock, blood feud, blow for blow, commutation, compensation, cooperation, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterblow, counterchange, cross fire, discipline, exchange, expiation, feud, getting even, give-and-take, indemnification, indemnity, interchange, intermutation, interplay, lex talionis, measure for measure, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, offsetting, permutation, punishment, quid pro quo, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, recompense, rectification, redress, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, revanche, revanchism, revenge, satisfaction, something for something, substitution, sweet revenge, tit for tat, transposal, transposition, vendetta, vengeance ... show more.
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