retaliation (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *retaliation*:
NOUN	act	retaliation, revenge	action taken in return for an injury or offense

retaliation > pronunciation
Sounds	riytae.liyey'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *retaliation*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	action taken in return for an injury or offense.
Synonym	revenge
Narrower	reprisal	A retaliatory action against an enemy / enemy in wartime
Narrower	vengeance, retribution, payback	The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Broader	return, paying back, getting even	A reciprocal group action
Spanish	desquite, represalia, revancha, venganza
Catalan	represàlia, revenja, venjament, venja, venjança
Verbs	retaliate	make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
Verbs	retaliate	take revenge for a perceived wrong

HyperDic: retaliation