retaliation
Roget category 718
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.4. Antagonism
›› 5.4.2. Active antagonism
#718.
Retaliation
noun
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.
verb
retaliate,
retort,
turn upon —
pay,
pay off,
pay back —
pay in one's own coin,
pay in the same coin —
cap —
reciprocate
etc.
148 —
turn the tables upon,
return the compliment —
give a quid pro quo
etc.
n.,
give as much as one takes,
give as good as one gets —
give and take,
exchange fisticuffs —
be quits,
be even with —
pay off old scores.
serve one right,
be hoist on one's own petard,
throw a stone in one's own garden,
catch a Tartar.
adjective
retaliating
etc.
v. —
retaliatory,
retaliative —
talionic†.
adverb
in retaliation —
en revanche.
phrase
mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Lat.]
[Horace];
par pari refero [Lat.]
[Terence];
tu quoque [Lat.],
you too —
you're another —
suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo [Lat.] —
a beau jeu beau retour [Fr.] —
litem ?? [Lat.].
lite resolvit [Lat.]
[Horace].
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