'Retorsion' definitions:
Definition of 'retorsion'
From: GCIDE
- Retortion \Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]torsion. See Retort, v. t.]
- 1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.] [1913 Webster]
- It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]