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Synonyms for retaliation
re·tal·i·a·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
retaliation
Revenge is the act of making return for an injury done to oneself by doing injury to another person. Retaliation and revenge are personal and often bitter. Retaliation may be partial; revenge is meant to be complete, and may be excessive. Vengeance, which once meant an indignant vindication of justice, now signifies the most furious and unsparing revenge. Revenge emphasizes more the personal injury in return for which it is inflicted, vengeance the ill desert of those upon whom it is inflicted. A requital is strictly an even return, such as to quit one of obligation for what has been received, and even if poor or unworthy is given as complete and adequate. Avenging and retribution give a solemn sense of exact justice, avenging being more personal in its infliction, whether by God or man, and retribution the impersonal visitation of the doom of righteous law. Compare AVENGE; HATRED; REQUITE.
Synonyms:
avenging, requital, retribution, revenge, vengeanceAntonyms:
compassion, excuse, forgiveness, grace, mercy, pardon, pardon, pity, reconciliationPreposition:
To take revenge upon the enemy, for the injury.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
retaliation
Synonyms:
revenge, repayment, retribution, requital, reprisals, reciprocationAntonyms:
pardon, condonation, forgiveness, r mission
Princeton's WordNet
retaliation, revengenoun
action taken in return for an injury or offense
Synonyms:
revenge
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
retaliationnoun
Synonyms:
requital (of evil for evil), reprisal, retribution, repayment, revenge, punishment
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
retaliationnoun
Synonyms:
revenge, requital, retribution
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "retaliation":
reprisal, reprisals, retaliatory, revenge, retribution, counter-violence, vengeance, victimisation
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#76194 | victimisation | |
#149491 | reciprocation | |
#307426 | requital |
How to use retaliation in a sentence?
He gets to say whatever he wants about me, probably for the next 15 years, for all the crap that I put him through on the show, so he gets to always have retaliation against me and make up for me, giving him trouble, pranking him on the show.
It was retaliation, not an act of war.
Their economy does not compare to ours, it is 10 times bigger than ours. I don't see this as retaliation, I'm going to speak to Dante Sica to see if( The President) doesn't over penalize us, i'm certain Dante Sica will be open to the conversation.
The market is worried about retaliation, they are looking for what would come from the EU side, but this is another negotiation tactic on the U.S. side and they want to use tariffs as a bargaining tool for other negotiations.
I know last night there was a threat there could a missile attack on Pakistan, which got defused, i know, our army stood prepared for retaliation of that attack.
Translations for retaliation
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- انتقامArabic
- VergeltungGerman
- represaliaSpanish
- تلافیPersian
- kosto, kostoiskuFinnish
- représaillesFrench
- dìoghaltas, aicheamhailScottish Gaelic
- megtorlásHungarian
- pembalasanIndonesian
- ritorsione, rappresagliaItalian
- talionisLatin
- vergeldingDutch
- odwetPolish
- retaliação, represáliaPortuguese
- возмездие, воздаяниеRussian
- misillemeTurkish
- 报复Chinese
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