retaliation
112
5.2
- noun
- /rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃən/
:
represalia
- Sadly, they were too scared of retaliation to follow their principles.
- fear of retaliation
- threat of retaliation
- avoid provoking retaliation
Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.
- Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.
- And with Iran, there's going to be a big retaliation out by Israel.
- But one is, do you think Hamas fully understood what the retaliation will involve from Israel into Gaza?
- Trump imposes a tariff, one of the results the textbooks are full of, this is called retaliation.
- So don't allow the desire for revenge, retaliation, all these things to consume you or get the best of you.
- The technical term for it is lex talionis, the law of retaliation.
- Will there be retaliation or financial harm or reputational harm or some other form of vengeance behaviour?
- Many of them don't know that they have protection, the labor laws, basic protections, they have protection against retaliation.
- In my opinion, this is retaliation for two big things.
- Now we've got a couple main components, desire, apparent, retaliation, pain, and pleasure.
Examples
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When they finally gain control of the street, their retaliation on some local residents is merciless.
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Victims of narcissists are also quite scared of retaliation, and narcissistic people are also really good at retaliation.
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In my opinion, this is retaliation for two big things.
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So that was a retaliation by Israel after it was attacked.
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Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.
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Their outsider status also gives them some security from retaliation by angry insiders.
Academic text (1999) -
In the code of the streets, being disrespected on the job results in violent retaliation.
Academic text (2013) -
In addition to evictions, other forms of retaliation are also prohibited.
Academic text (1991) -
Presumably it's the New Texas Militia, in retaliation for our execution of their Rangers.
Fiction book (2000) -
After the attack on their headquarters, the group planned a swift retaliation against their enemies.
Synonyms
839
3.0
Harm done to someone because they hurt you or someone you care about
252
6.8
Punishing someone in return for a wrong done to you
118
5.5
Harming someone to punish them for something they did
87
7.5
Punishment people give because someone did something wrong and others think it is fair
37
8.3
An action that hurts someone in return for an attack
12
5.8
An action done to hurt someone because they hurt you
7
7.4
To try to hurt someone because they hurt you
1
9.5
Giving back a favor or returning harm in the same way
An action taken to hurt or punish someone after an unfriendly act
Antonyms
Compounds
How Severe
87
7.5
720
1.3
- Formal
37
8.3
112
5.2
- Formal
24
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retaliation comes from Latin parts re- meaning 'back' and talio meaning 'pay back', so it originally meant 'paying someone back in the same way'. That's why retaliation means doing something harmful to someone because they harmed you.