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Synonyms for retaliation
re·tal·i·a·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
retaliation
Revenge is the act of making return for an injury done to oneself by doing injury to another person. Retaliation and revenge are personal and often bitter. Retaliation may be partial; revenge is meant to be complete, and may be excessive. Vengeance, which once meant an indignant vindication of justice, now signifies the most furious and unsparing revenge. Revenge emphasizes more the personal injury in return for which it is inflicted, vengeance the ill desert of those upon whom it is inflicted. A requital is strictly an even return, such as to quit one of obligation for what has been received, and even if poor or unworthy is given as complete and adequate. Avenging and retribution give a solemn sense of exact justice, avenging being more personal in its infliction, whether by God or man, and retribution the impersonal visitation of the doom of righteous law. Compare AVENGE; HATRED; REQUITE.
Synonyms:
avenging, requital, retribution, revenge, vengeanceAntonyms:
compassion, excuse, forgiveness, grace, mercy, pardon, pardon, pity, reconciliationPreposition:
To take revenge upon the enemy, for the injury.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
retaliation
Synonyms:
revenge, repayment, retribution, requital, reprisals, reciprocationAntonyms:
pardon, condonation, forgiveness, r mission
Princeton's WordNet
retaliation, revengenoun
action taken in return for an injury or offense
Synonyms:
revenge
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
retaliationnoun
Synonyms:
requital (of evil for evil), reprisal, retribution, repayment, revenge, punishment
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
retaliationnoun
Synonyms:
revenge, requital, retribution
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "retaliation":
reprisal, reprisals, retaliatory, revenge, retribution, counter-violence, vengeance, victimisation
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#8299 | revenge | |
#12760 | repayment | |
#16279 | vengeance | |
#23183 | retaliation | |
#33262 | retribution | |
#57902 | reprisal | |
#60764 | retaliatory | |
#63214 | reprisals | |
#73403 | avenging | |
#76194 | victimisation | |
#149491 | reciprocation | |
#307426 | requital |
How to use retaliation in a sentence?
This is not how I envisioned (the war) ending, but I believe it is a possible solution if certain conditions are met. I believe it is absolutely imperative that protections for the equal rights of women are specific, state conditions of the agreement, it is crucial that there [is] no revenge or retaliation against the Afghans who worked with U.S. and Allied Forces they are still at great risk.
It never occurred to me for a second that a careful and attentive jury like this would find either discrimination or retaliation and I'm glad to have been proven right about that.
WarnerMedia relying on this everyday practice as justification for dismissing Allison demonstrates how ignorant they are of journalistic practices, and further proves that her dismissal is nothing more than retaliation.
I do believe it's personal retaliation and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued us personally.
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Translations for retaliation
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- انتقامArabic
- VergeltungGerman
- represaliaSpanish
- تلافیPersian
- kosto, kostoiskuFinnish
- représaillesFrench
- dìoghaltas, aicheamhailScottish Gaelic
- megtorlásHungarian
- pembalasanIndonesian
- ritorsione, rappresagliaItalian
- talionisLatin
- vergeldingDutch
- odwetPolish
- retaliação, represáliaPortuguese
- возмездие, воздаяниеRussian
- misillemeTurkish
- 报复Chinese
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