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retorsion

(ri tôr′s̸hən)

noun

Law a retaliation; reprisal; esp., in international law, mistreatment by one country of the citizens or subjects of another in retaliation for similar mistreatment received

Origin: var. of retortion

See retorsion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or re·tor·tion

noun

An act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation or reprisal for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation.

Origin:

Origin: Probably French rétorsion

Origin: , from Latin retortus (influenced by Late Latin torsiō, a twisting, wringing)

Origin: , past participle of retorquēre, to cast back; see retort¹

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