'Retaliation' definitions:
Definition of 'retaliation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Action taken in return for an injury or offense [syn: retaliation, revenge]
Definition of 'Retaliation'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. --Calamy. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retaliation'
From: 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