Complete Definition of "retaliation"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɹɪ�tæli�eɪ��n/, SAMPA|/rI%t{li"eIS@n/

Noun
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  1. The act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice.

Translations

French: représailles <ref> Le Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé</ref>
German: Vergeltung f
Spanish: represalia
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Italian: rappresaglia f, ritorsione f <ref>Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). W:Wikipedia:book sources| ISBN 8839551107. Online version here</ref>
Russian: ��ве� аг�е��ивн�м дей��вием на аг�е��ивное дей��вие, ак�ивна� за�и�а.
Dutch: vergelding

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