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. Director Ashley:

   The Iranians believe that whatwill take place is that theUnited States will begin to walkup the ladder of escalation byresponding to that with a kineticattack and retaliation.

2. Celso Augusto de Matos:

   The chances of customer retaliation will be reduced if the service provider has an efficient complaint-handling policy.

3. Eric Stonestreet:

   He gets to say whatever he wants about me, probably for the next 15 years, for all the crap that I put him through on the show, so he gets to always have retaliation against me and make up for me, giving him trouble, pranking him on the show.

4. President Rodrigo Duterte:

   We have so many Filipinos working mainly in the Middle East. I am nervous. Iran seems to be hell-bent on a retaliation, which I think will come.

5. Richard Blumenthal:

   This needs to empower and embolden the athletes who should feel they can come forward without fear of retaliation, and without intimidation.