Definition of Retaleation
Re*tal`i*a"tion (?), 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.
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.
Re*tal`i*a"tion (?), 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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of
Law.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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