Classes Voluntary Powers Antagonism Active Antagonism Retaliation
Retaliation
Nouns
retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback
counter-stroke, counter-blast, counterplot, counter-project
retribution
reciprocation etc. (reciprocity) [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation
reproof valiant, retort courteous. recrimination etc. (accusation) Accusation
revenge etc. Revenge
compensation etc. Compensation
reaction etc. (recoil) Recoil .
Verbs
retaliate, retort, turn upon
pay, pay off, pay back
pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin
cap
reciprocate etc. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange
turn the tables upon, return the compliment
give a quid pro quo etc. n., give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets
give and take, exchange fisticuffs
be quits, be even with
pay off old scores. serve one right, be hoist on one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar.
Adjectives
retaliating etc. v.
retaliatory, retaliative
talionic.
Adverbs
in retaliation
en revanche.