Definition for Retaliation:

• Act of retaliating: the return of like for like: retribution.

Synonyms for Retaliation:

• adv

  •equally (adverb)
  • measure for measure.

• n.

  •answer (noun)
  • reply.
  •backlash (noun)
  • counteraction,
  • boomerang,
  • response,
  • recoil,
  • reaction.
  •comeback (noun)
  • rejoinder.
  •due (noun)
  • recompense,
  • compensation,
  • repayment,
  • satisfaction.
  •feedback (noun)
  • rebuttal.
  •payment (noun)
  • redress,
  • restitution,
  • reparation.
  •reply (noun)
  • reciprocation.
  •reprisal (noun)
  • counterblow.
  •retaliation (noun)
  • punishment,
  • exchange,
  • vengeance,
  • countercharge.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • counterattack,
  • answer,
  • defense,
  • payment.
  •
  • requital.
  •Other relevant words:
  • defiance,
  • counter-argument,
  • discipline,
  • contradict,
  • recuperate,
  • contradiction,
  • compensate,
  • battledore and shuttlecock,
  • recoup,
  • comeuppance,
  • transposition,
  • quid pro quo,
  • mutuality,
  • compromise,
  • equation,
  • refutation,
  • revive,
  • a tooth for a tooth,
  • oppose,
  • blood feud,
  • counter-accusation,
  • counterplot,
  • reimburse,
  • feedback,
  • give and take,
  • counterbalancing,
  • balancing,
  • offsetting,
  • atonement,
  • correction,
  • expiation,
  • interchange,
  • persuade,
  • retrieve,
  • cross fire,
  • neutralization,
  • permutation,
  • retaliate,
  • recrimination,
  • contravene,
  • payback,
  • sanction,
  • substitution,
  • even out,
  • Avengeance,
  • repossess,
  • equalization,
  • Retortion,
  • confutation,
  • something for something,
  • revanchism,
  • restore,
  • nemesis,
  • resist,
  • accusation,
  • an eye for an eye,
  • quarrel,
  • indemnify,
  • amends,
  • Transposal,
  • even up,
  • vendetta,
  • judgment,
  • regain,
  • vindication,
  • cooperation,
  • ban,
  • vindicatory,
  • counter,
  • underwrite,
  • repay,
  • respond,
  • retaliatory,
  • resume,
  • justice,
  • reciprocality,
  • counterbalance,
  • reciprocate,
  • recover,
  • feud,
  • just deserts,
  • commutation,
  • nullification,
  • Intermutation,
  • in retaliation,
  • retaliations,
  • reclaim,
  • counter-attack,
  • alternation,
  • aspersion,
  • Blaming,
  • reward,
  • denial,
  • give back,
  • penalty,
  • Implacability,
  • interplay,
  • fill,
  • counterchange,
  • riposte,
  • indemnification,
  • Revengement,
  • retributive,
  • requite,
  • reciprocity,
  • satisfy,
  • pay,
  • indemnity,
  • like for like,
  • countervail,
  • even off,
  • reprisals,
  • day of reckoning,
  • avenging,
  • retributory.

Paraphrases for Retaliation:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    reprisal, reprisals, revenge.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    retaliatory, reprisal, counter-violence, revenge.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    vengeance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    payback.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    repression, victimization, restitution, persecution, recrimination, vendetta, counter-attack, riposte, vindictiveness, punishment.
  • Verb, past participle
    threatened, victimized, taken.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    retribution, victimisation, counterattack, vengeance.

Antonyms for Retaliation:

• n.

  • vengeance
    pardon, sympathy.
  • Other antonyms:
    excuse, forgiveness, reconciliation, compassion, grace, pity.

Homophones for Retaliation:

• rattle down.

Hypernym for Retaliation:

• n.

  • act
    retribution, reprisal, vengeance, payback.

Hyponym for Retaliation:

• n.

  • act
    getting even, return, paying back.