Retaliation is harm done back in return for harm received. In retaliation, fear of retaliation, swift retaliation.
In employment law it is a specific and serious thing: retaliation against somebody who reported wrongdoing is unlawful in itself, whatever the truth of the original report. In war it is the standard justification for a strike.
1nounretaliationHarm done back in return for harm received.
“The gang burned down a rival's shop in retaliation for the attack.”
retaliation is a revenge.
Latin
retāliātus
English
retaliate
English, today
retaliation
Built from
From retaliate + -ion. retaliate comes from Latin retāliātus, past participle of retāliō (“to requite, retaliate”).
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