retaliate
retaliate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.] One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.
- 2.To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- and
- another
- back
- beau
- bit
- biter
- blow
- can
- cap
- catch
- coin
- compensation
- compliment
- counter
- counterplot
- courteous
- cut
- diamond
- even
- exchange
- for
- game
- garden
- give
- good
- hoist
- lex
- lite
- measure
- much
- off
- old
- one
- own
- par
- pay
- petard
- play
- pro
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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