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,
  • backfire,
  • boomerang,
  • recoil,
  • repercussion,
  • response,
  • Retroaction,
  • tangle,
  • kickback,
  • reaction,
  • resentment.
  •comeback (noun)
  • quip,
  • rejoinder.
  •due (noun)
  • interest,
  • recompense,
  • repayment,
  • deserts,
  • privilege,
  • rate,
  • claim,
  • right,
  • satisfaction,
  • prerogative,
  • need,
  • compensation,
  • merits,
  • perquisite,
  • title,
  • Rights.
  •eye for an eye (noun)
  • getting evens,
  • eye for eye,
  • tooth for tooth,
  • tooth for teeth,
  • tooth for a teeth.
  •feedback (noun)
  • comment,
  • rebuttal,
  • sentiment,
  • criticism,
  • assessment,
  • observation,
  • evaluation.
  •guerdon (noun)
  • de sert,
  • satisfas,
  • de-sert.
  •payment (noun)
  • defrayal,
  • award,
  • refund,
  • redress,
  • hire,
  • discharge,
  • advance,
  • defrayment,
  • outlay,
  • pension,
  • reparation,
  • settlement,
  • indemnification,
  • amends,
  • reimbursement,
  • deposit,
  • support,
  • salary,
  • premium,
  • down,
  • sum,
  • disbursement,
  • Remittances,
  • remuneration,
  • wage,
  • part,
  • paying,
  • quittance,
  • remittance,
  • fee,
  • annuity,
  • portion,
  • subsidy,
  • bounty,
  • amount,
  • cash,
  • pay-offs,
  • restitution,
  • amortization,
  • Downs,
  • pay-off,
  • reckoning,
  • acquittal,
  • alimony,
  • out lay.
  •rancor (noun)
  • grudge,
  • enmity,
  • aversion,
  • malignity,
  • antipathy,
  • acrimony,
  • hatred,
  • malice,
  • venom,
  • hostility,
  • ill will,
  • spleen,
  • antagonism,
  • resentfulness,
  • hate,
  • acerbity,
  • variance,
  • umbrage,
  • malevolence,
  • vengefulness,
  • virulence,
  • harshness,
  • pique,
  • spite,
  • animus,
  • bad blood,
  • animosity,
  • mordacity.
  •repayment (noun)
  • re payments,
  • re payment,
  • re-payment,
  • re-payments.
  •reply (noun)
  • echo,
  • back talk,
  • sass,
  • lip,
  • respond,
  • reciprocation,
  • wisecrack,
  • feedback,
  • snappy comeback,
  • counter,
  • acknowledgment,
  • knee-jerk reaction.
  •reprisal (noun)
  • avenging,
  • counterblow.
  •requital (noun)
  • recaliation.
  •retaliation (noun)
  • punishment,
  • vengeance,
  • comeuppance,
  • exchange,
  • countercharge,
  • reward,
  • riposte,
  • payback.
  •retort (noun)
  • parting shots,
  • re tort,
  • re-torts,
  • back answers,
  • re torts,
  • re-tort.
  •retribution (noun)
  • just dessert,
  • what fors,
  • revanches.
  •spitefulness (noun)
  • mercilessnesses.

• v.

  •revenge (verb)
  • vendetta.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • counterattack,
  • answer,
  • defense,
  • payment.
  •
  • requital,
  • tit for tat.

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.

Retaliation Sentence Examples:

• For he had not entered upon the sequel, - a sequel that she knew well; - the sudden summary retaliation of the Cherokees upon the defenseless settlers in the region contiguous to the line of march of the returning warriors, - blood for blood is the invariable Cherokee rule!

• He showed me a letter from General Howe who was in Philadelphia, giving orders that we should not be at liberty to purchase blankets within their lines, and containing a copy of an order I had issued that they should not purchase provisions within ours, by way of retaliation, but he represented it as if my order was first.

Homophones for Retaliation:

• rattle down.

Hypernym for Retaliation:

• n.

  • act
    retribution, reprisal, vengeance, payback.

Hyponym for Retaliation:

• n.

  • act
    getting even, return, paying back.