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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
Retaliation, the lex talionis, which see.
Retaliation
The act of retaliating or of returning like for like retribution now specifically the return of evil for evil eg an eye
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Retaliative
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Retaliate
To return the like for to repay or requite by an act of the same kind to return evil for evil Now seldom used except in a bad sense
discharge
effected by making the employee's working conditions so intolerable that he or she reasonably feels compelled to resign retaliatory discharge : a wrongful discharge that is done in retaliation for an employee's conduct (as reporting an employer's
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.
Retaliatory
Tending to or involving retaliation retaliative as retaliatory measures
Provoke
by a challenge by taunts or by defiance to exasperate to irritate to offend intolerably to cause to retaliate
Lex talionis
Lex talionis, the law of retaliation.
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