Retaliate

retaliate -at·ed -at·ing : to act in revenge re·tal·i·a·tion [-ta-lē-ā-shən] n re·tal·i·a·tive [-ta-lē-ā-tiv] adj re·tal·ia·to·ry [-tal-yə-tōr-ē] adj ...

Retaliation

The act of retaliating or of returning like for like retribution now specifically the return of evil for evil eg an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth...

Retaliation

Retaliation, the lex talionis, which see....

discharge 1 : to release from an obligation: as a : to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument) ;also : to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable [a formal instrument…may be discharged by either cancellation or surrender "J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo"] b : to release (a debtor in bankruptcy) from liability for his or her debts 2 : to release from confinement, custody, or care [ a prisoner] 3 a : to dismiss from employment : terminate the employment of b : to release from service or duty [ a jury] [ a witness] 4 a : to get rid of (as a debt or obligation) by performing an appropriate action b : to fulfill a requirement for [evidence which is required to the burden of going forward "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 5 : to order (a legislative committee) to end consideration of a bill in order to bring it before the house for action dis·charge·abil·i·ty [dis-chÄ r-jə-bi-lə-tē...

Retaliatory

Tending to or involving retaliation retaliative as retaliatory measures...

Retorsion

Retorsion, means an act of lawful retaliation in kind for another nation's unfriendly or unfair act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1318.Retorsion, retaliation....

letter

letter 1 : a direct written statement addressed to an individual or organization ;broadly : an official communication see also counterletter determination letter : a letter from an administrative agency (as the Internal Revenue Service) usually in response to a request in which a determination, decision, or ruling (as whether an organization qualifies as charitable) is made information letter : a letter from an administrative agency usually in response to a request that provides information and esp. that simply calls attention to an interpretation or principle of law letter of intent : a letter in which the intention to enter into a formal agreement (as a contract) or to take some specified action is stated letter ro·ga·to·ry [-rō-gə-tȯr-ē] [probably partial translation of Medieval Latin littera rogatoria letter of request] : a formal written request by a court to a court in a foreign jurisdiction to summon and examine a witness in accordance...

punish

punish 1 : to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation 2 : to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation or as a deterrent vi : to inflict punishment pun·ish·abil·i·ty [pə-ni-shə-bi-lə-tē] n pun·ish·able [pə-ni-shə-bəl] adj pun·ish·er n ...

reprisal

reprisal [Anglo-French reprisaile reprisaille, from Middle French, from Old Italian ripresaglia, from ripreso, past participle of riprendere to take back, from ri- back + prendere to take, from Latin prehendere] 1 a : the act or practice in international law of resorting to force short of war in retaliation for damage or loss suffered b : an instance of such action 2 : a retaliatory act [may not fire a complaining employee in ] ...

whistleblower

whistleblower : an employee who brings wrongdoing by an employer or other employees to the attention of a government or law enforcement agency and who is commonly vested by statute with rights and remedies for retaliation compare qui tam action whis·tle·blow·ing [-i] n ...

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