'Retaliatory' definitions:
Definition of 'retaliatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
Definition of 'Retaliatory'
From: GCIDE
- Retaliatory \Re*tal"i*a*to*ry\, a. Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retaliatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amendatory,
- avenging,
- balancing,
- changeable,
- commutable,
- commutative,
- compensating,
- compensatory,
- convertible,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- counterbalancing,
- countervailing,
- equal,
- equalizing,
- equivalent,
- even,
- exchanged,
- expiatory,
- give-and-take,
- grudgeful,
- implacable,
- indemnificatory,
- interchangeable,
- interchanged,
- irreconcilable,
- mutual,
- offsetting,
- penitential,
- permutable,
- punitive,
- punitory,
- rancorous,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocating,
- reciprocative,
- recompensing,
- recompensive,
- rectifying,
- reparative,
- restitutive,
- retaliative,
- retributive,
- retributory,
- returnable,
- revanchist,
- revengeful,
- standard,
- swapped,
- switched,
- traded,
- transposed,
- unappeasable,
- vengeful,
- vindicatory,
- vindictive