Definisjon av retaliation

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Noun

retaliation - action taken in return for an injury or offense
revenge
getting even, paying back, return a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
vengeance, payback, retribution the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
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Substantiv

retaliation - Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
retaliation - An act of violent response.

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  • retaliation
    Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.

Substantiv

  • Entall: retaliation
  • Flertall: retaliations

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