Category:Retaliation

Re*tal`i*a"tion, n.

Defn: 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.