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Retaliation

Retaliation, the lex talionis, which see.

retaliate -at·ed -at·ing : to act in revenge re·tal·i·a·tion [-ta-lē-ā-shən] n

retaliatory discharge : a wrongful discharge that is done in retaliation for an employee's conduct (as reporting an employer's criminal activity)

Retorsion, means an act of lawful retaliation in kind for another nation's unfriendly or unfair act, Black's

Talion, law of retaliation. See LEX TALIONIS.

Lex talionis, the law of retaliation.

Tending to or involving retaliation retaliative as retaliatory measures

The act of retaliating or of returning like for like retribution now specifically the

recompense as the requital of services in a bad sense retaliation or punishment as the requital of evil deeds

Law as lex talionis the law of retaliation lex terraelig the law of the land lex fori the