| Main Entry: | retaliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vengeance |
Synonyms: |
eye for an eye, punishment, reprisal, retribution, revenge |
| Main Entry: | retaliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revenge |
Synonyms: |
comeuppance, payback, reprisal, requital, retribution, reward, riposte, tit for tat, vengeance |
| Concept: | Retaliation. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
retaliation, reprisal, retort; counterstroke, counterblast, counterplot, counterproject; retribution, lex talionis; reciprocation (reciprocity)., tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous., recrimination (accusation); revenge; compensation; reaction (recoil).
-verbs
retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo, give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores., serve one right, be hoist on one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar.
-adjectives
retaliating; retaliatory, retaliative; talionic.
-adverbs
in retaliation; en revanche.
-phrases
mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Horace]; par pari refero [Terence]; tu quoque; you're another; suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo; a beau jeu beau retour; litem . . . lite resolvit
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| Main Entry: | backlash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adverse reaction |
Synonyms: |
backfire, boomerang, counteraction, kickback, reaction, recoil, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation, retroaction, tangle |
| Main Entry: | comeback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snappy retort |
Synonyms: |
answer back, quip, rejoinder, repartee, reply, response, retaliation, riposte |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expected reward |
Synonyms: |
be in line for, claim, comeuppance, compensation, deserts, entitlement, guerdon, interest, merits, need, payment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, rate, recompense, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, right, rights, satisfaction, title, vengeance, what is coming to one |
| Main Entry: | feedback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | response |
Synonyms: |
answer, assessment, comeback, comment, criticism, evaluation, observation, reaction, rebuttal, reply, retaliation, sentiment |
| Main Entry: | payment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee; installment of fee |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, advance, alimony, amends, amortization, amount, annuity, award, bounty, cash, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursement, discharge, down, fee, hire, indemnification, outlay, part, pay-off, paying, pension, portion, premium, quittance, reckoning, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, return, reward, salary, settlement, subsidy, sum, support, wage |
| Main Entry: | rancor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness, hatefulness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bile, dudgeon, enmity, grudge, hardness of heart, harshness, hate, hatred, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, mordacity, pique, resentfulness, resentment, retaliation, revengefulness, ruthlessness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, uncharitableness, unfriendliness, variance, vengeance, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence |
Antonyms: |
kindness, love, respect, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | reply |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, comeback, counter, echo, feedback, knee-jerk reaction, lip, reaction, reciprocation, rejoinder, respond, response, retaliation, retort, return, riposte, sass, snappy comeback, vibes, wisecrack |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question reply is generally used when the answer is understood to be verbal - either written or oral; response, by contrast, has a more general application and may be used for a variety of reactions respond suggests a quick reaction while reply implies a return commensurate with the original demand or question |
Antonyms: |
question, request |