| Retaliate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Retaliated p. pr. & vb. n. Retaliating. ] [ L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf. Talion. ] 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Retaliate | v. i. To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Retaliation | n. The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. [ 1913 Webster ] God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Retaliative | a. Same as Retaliatory. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Retaliatory | a. Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 挨拶 | [あいさつ, aisatsu] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; (2) speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; (3) reply; response; (4) (sl) revenge; retaliation; (exp) (5) (See 御挨拶) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); (6) (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment); (P) #6,028 [Add to Longdo] |
| 返す(P);反す(P) | [かえす, kaesu] (v5s, vt) (1) (esp. 返す) (See 帰す・かえす) to return (something); to restore; to put back; (2) to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; (3) (esp. 返す) to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; (suf, v5s) (4) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to repeat ...; to do ... back; (P) #12,243 [Add to Longdo] |
| しっぺ返し;竹箆返し;竹篦返し | [しっぺがえし;しっぺいがえし(竹箆返し;竹篦返し), shippegaeshi ; shippeigaeshi ( take hera kaeshi ; take sukigushi kaeshi )] (n) returning tit for tat; retaliating [Add to Longdo] |
| 一矢を報いる | [いっしをむくいる, isshiwomukuiru] (exp, v1) to retaliate; to return a blow [Add to Longdo] |
| 仇討ち;あだ討ち;仇討 | [あだうち, adauchi] (n) (See 敵討ち) vengeance; revenge; retaliation [Add to Longdo] |
| 仕返し | [しかえし, shikaeshi] (n, vs) being even with; reprisal; tit for tat; retaliation; revenge [Add to Longdo] |
| 敵討ち;敵討;かたき討;かたき討ち | [かたきうち, katakiuchi] (n) (See 仇討ち) vengeance; revenge; retaliation [Add to Longdo] |
| 腹癒せ;腹癒;腹いせ;腹イセ | [はらいせ(腹癒せ;腹癒;腹いせ);はらイセ(腹イセ), haraise ( hara iyase ; hara yu ; hara ise ); hara ise ( hara ise )] (n) retaliation; revenge [Add to Longdo] |
| 報復行為 | [ほうふくこうい, houfukukoui] (n) act of retaliation [Add to Longdo] |
| 報復措置 | [ほうふくそち, houfukusochi] (n) reprisals; retaliatory measures [Add to Longdo] |
