Retaliation synonyms
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The act or practice of forcibly seizing an enemy's goods or citizens in retaliation for a loss or injury inflicted.
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- The act or practice of forcibly seizing an enemy's goods or citizens in retaliation for a loss or injury inflicted.
- The act or practice of using force, short of war, against another nation to obtain redress of grievances
- Injury done, or the doing of injury, in return for injury received; retaliation or an act of retaliation, specif. in war, as the killing of prisoners
A punishing or being punished
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- A punishing or being punished
- A penalty imposed on an offender for a crime or wrongdoing
- The imposition of a penalty or deprivation for wrongdoing:
revenge
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An act of retaliation; a counterattack
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- An act of retaliation; a counterattack
- Any action in opposition to a previous action.
An attack made in opposition to, or in reprisal for, another attack
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- An attack made in opposition to, or in reprisal for, another attack
- A return attack.
A blow given in return
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- A blow given in return
- A blow delivered in return.
An alternating back-and-forth movement.
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- An alternating back-and-forth movement.
- Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
- The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
The act or practice of forcibly seizing an enemy's goods or citizens in retaliation for a loss or injury inflicted.
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- The act or practice of forcibly seizing an enemy's goods or citizens in retaliation for a loss or injury inflicted.
- The act or practice of using force, short of war, against another nation to obtain redress of grievances
- Injury done, or the doing of injury, in return for injury received; retaliation or an act of retaliation, specif. in war, as the killing of prisoners
Something given or done in return; repayment, reward, retaliation, or compensation
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- Something given or done in return; repayment, reward, retaliation, or compensation
- Return, as for an injury or friendly act.
- Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
(Archaic) Suitable repayment for one's actions; requital
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- (Archaic) Suitable repayment for one's actions; requital
- (Theology) Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one.
- Punishment administered in return for a wrong committed.
A chance to retaliate or get satisfaction, as by a return match after a defeat
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- A chance to retaliate or get satisfaction, as by a return match after a defeat
- The act of revenging; vengeance
- A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness:
This for that
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- This for that
- Repayment in kind, as for an injury; retaliation.
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forgiveness
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Find another word for retaliation. In this page you can discover 20 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for retaliation, like: vengeance, reprisal, punishment, revenge, counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, reciprocation, reprisal, requital and retribution.
