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v. t.
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.]
n.
Retaliation.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Retaliate
v. t.
Retaliation.
n.
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.
n.
A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.
n.
The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.
a.
Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.
v. t.
To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
n.
Any act of retaliation.
v. t.
Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
imp. & p. p.
of Retaliate
a.
Same as Retaliatory.
v. t.
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
n.
A taking by way of retaliation.
n.
Retaliation.
v. i.
To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
v. t.
To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.
n.
Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
n.
The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
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