Retaliation
[rɪ,tælɪ'eɪʃn]
Definition
(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.
Checker: Phyllis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Requital (of evil for evil), reprisal, retribution, repayment, revenge, punishment.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Revenge, repayment, retribution, requital, reprisals, reciprocation
ANT:Pardon, condonation, forgiveness, r_mission
Typist: Tyler
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- What strength had I to dart retaliation at my antagonist? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Now, with a start of inner wonder, Lily felt that her thirst for retaliation had died out. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- However well deserved this piece of retaliation might have been, it was as vindictive a one as could well have been resorted to. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Her retaliation was the most singular I could have imagined. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But her reminder that they were in his wife's carriage provoked him to an impulse of retaliation. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Feeling indignant that he was not taken into his tutor's confidence, he set his wits to work to devise some proper retaliation for the slight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The girl's flight enraged Fulbert, and he longed for vengeance, but feared to strike lest retaliation visit Heloise--for he still loved her tenderly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The savage's bow, his hatchet, and his coat of skins, were sufficiently secured, without law, by the fear of personal resentment and retaliation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Ophelia