Synonyms for retaliation
re·tal·i·a·tion

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1. 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, vengeance

   Antonyms:
   compassion, excuse, forgiveness, grace, mercy, pardon, pardon, pity, reconciliation

   Preposition:
   To take revenge upon the enemy, for the injury.

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1. retaliation

   Synonyms:
   revenge, repayment, retribution, requital, reprisals, reciprocation

   Antonyms:
   pardon, condonation, forgiveness, r mission

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1. retaliation, revengenoun

   action taken in return for an injury or offense

   Synonyms:
   revenge

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1. retaliationnoun

   Synonyms:
   requital (of evil for evil), reprisal, retribution, repayment, revenge, punishment

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1. retaliationnoun

   Synonyms:
   revenge, requital, retribution

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1. List of paraphrases for "retaliation":

   reprisal, reprisals, retaliatory, revenge, retribution, counter-violence, vengeance, victimisation

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1. Ben Sasse:

   This is dumb. Europe, Canada, and Mexico are not China, and you don't treat allies the same way you treat opponents. We've been down this road before -- blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression. ' Make America Great Again' shouldn't mean' Make America 1929 Again,' bad news that @POTUS has decided to impose taxes on American consumers buying steel and aluminum from our closest allies -- Canada, the EU, and Mexico( with whom we run a trade surplus on steel). In addition to higher prices, these tariffs invite retaliation.

2. Eric Stonestreet:

   So he gets to always have retaliation against me and make up for me, giving him trouble, pranking him on the show.

3. Ezeugo Nnamdi Lawrence:

   With regards to food, and other daily home needs that might prompt anyone to go out, we are working towards creating a system to ensure that supplies gets across to you all, please maintain and keep the peace, and discourage any form of retaliation towards Indians.

4. John Hultquist:

   If it were done in retaliation we'd expect some sort of follow on disruption or destruction of it, which we didn't see. Typically, when we see cyber espionage actors, they prefer to stay quiet and remain on target where they can gather as much intelligence as possible.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   There are claims that this was for retaliation, for some investigation that the inspector general's office here was engaged in. Patently false. I have no sense of what investigations were taking place inside the inspector general's office, there is one exception. I was asked a series of questions in writing. I responded to those questions with respect to a particular investigation. That was some time earlier this year.