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retaliation
Variant of retaliate
intransitive verb retaliated, retaliating
to return like for like; esp., to return evil for evil; pay back injury for injury
transitive verb
to return an injury, wrong, etc. for (an injury, wrong, etc. given); requite in kind
Related Forms:
- retaliation noun
- retaliative adjective or retaliatory
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