Retaliation

Noun

 * 1) Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
 * 2) An act of violent response

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:revenge

Related terms

 * retaliate
 * retaliatory

Adjectives for Retaliation
pitiless; provoking; youthful; treacherous;angry,

Thesaurus
alternation, amends, atonement, avengement, avenging, balancing, battledore and shuttlecock, blood feud, blow for blow, commutation, compensation, cooperation, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterblow, counterchange, cross fire, discipline, exchange, expiation, feud, getting even, give-and-take, indemnification, indemnity, interchange, intermutation, interplay, lex talionis, measure for measure, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, offsetting, permutation, punishment, quid pro quo, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, recompense, rectification, redress, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, revanche, revanchism, revenge, satisfaction, something for something, substitution, sweet revenge, tit for tat, transposal, transposition, vendetta, vengeance

Pronunciation

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Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: représailles
 * German:
 * Indonesian: pembalasan


 * Italian: rappresaglia, ritorsione
 * Portuguese: retaliação
 * Russian: возмездие, воздаяние
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìoghaltas, aicheamhail
 * Spanish: