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Definition of Retortion
1. n. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
Definition of Retortion
1. Noun. retorsion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retortion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retortion
Literary usage of Retortion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"... and retortion de droit, is where one nation applies, in its transactions with
the other, the same rule of conduct by which that other is governed under ..."
2. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"Retortion, called by some amicable retaliation, and retortion de droit, is where
one nation applies, in its transactions with the other, the same rule of ..."
3. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"... or exportation of certain commodities or merchan-CHAP' On the other hand,
circumstances frequently forbid us i have recourse to retortion. ..."
4. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1852)
"On the other hand, circumstances frequently forbid us to have recourse to retortion.
In this respect, each nation may act according to the dictates of her ..."
5. Halleck's International Law: Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States by Henry Wager Halleck, Sherston Baker (1878)
"Conferences and congresses—9. Retortion—10. Retaliation— ii. Nature of reprisals—12.
General and special reprisals—13. Positive and negative reprisals—14. ..."
6. Halleck's International Law: Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States by Henry Wager Halleck, Sherston Baker (1878)
"... called by some amicable retaliation, and retortion de droit, is where one
nation applies, in its transactions with the other, the same rule of conduct ..."
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