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Retaliation
Pronunciation : Re*tal`i*a"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.
Syn. -- Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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