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Definition of Retaliation
1. Noun. Action taken in return for an injury or offense.
Generic synonyms: Getting Even, Paying Back, Return
Specialized synonyms: Payback, Retribution, Vengeance, Reprisal
Derivative terms: Retaliate, Retaliate, Revenge
Definition of Retaliation
1. 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.
Definition of Retaliation
1. Noun. Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice. ¹
2. Noun. An act of violent response ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retaliation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retaliation
Literary usage of Retaliation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1821)
"Retaliation is the Christian name for re-venge. It is s6 clearly repugnant both
to the letter and spirit of the gospel to revenge an injury, ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1848)
"Retaliation, to be just, ought to be confined to the guilty individuals, ...
On this subject of retaliation, Professor Martens is not so strict. ..."
3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1840)
"Retaliation, to be just, ought to be confined to the guilty individuals ...
On this subject of retaliation, Professor Martens is not so strict. ..."
4. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1875)
"SPEECHES IN THE SENATE, ON A JOINT RESOLUTION ADVISING Retaliation, JANUARY 24
AND 29, 1865. JANUARY 18th, Mr. Howard, of Michigan, from the Committee on ..."
5. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"The derivation of the word retaliation from the Latin verb re- ... It would not
be inaccurate to describe retaliation as ..."
6. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"It is the history of Jefferson Davis's policy of retaliation. While that history
has afforded no instance of a single substantial act of retribution, ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"Commercial Pressure and Retaliation. Through its power to regulate foreign
commerce, the postal service and by implication all means of conveyance and ..."
8. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1851)
"On this subject of retaliation, Professor Martens is not so strict.11 While he
admits that the life of an innocent man cannot be taken, ..."
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