retaliation
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
Related words
- counterretaliation
- retaliationism
- retaliationist
- antiretaliation
- anticipatory retaliation
- massive retaliation
- nonretaliation
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