Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retaliation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
God . . . takes what is done to others as done to
himself, and by promise obloges himself to full
retaliation. --Calamy.
Syn: Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retaliation
n : action taken in return for an injury or offense [syn: {revenge}]
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