Category:Retortion

Re*tor"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. rétorsion. See retort, v. t.]

1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [written also retorsion.] It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of This intellectual retortion. Sir w. Hamilton.

2. (law)

Defn: retaliation. Wharton.