retaliation

English

Etymology

From retaliate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹiˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
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(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ɹə-/, /ɹi-/, /-ʃɪn/

Noun

retaliation (usually uncountable, plural retaliations)

Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
- 2009 January 13, “'Never again,' says survivor”, in Toronto Star‎:
  Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:revenge

Derived terms

massive retaliation
nonretaliation

Related terms

retaliate
retaliatory

Translations

act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: সেকা (xeka), পোটক (pütok)
Bengali: প্রতিশোধ (bn) (prôtiśodhô)
Bulgarian: възмездие (bg) n (vǎzmezdie), отмъщение (bg) n (otmǎštenie)
Catalan: represàlia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 報復／报复 (zh), 报复 (zh) (bàofù)
Czech: odplata f
Danish: gengældelse c
Dutch: vergelding (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kosto (fi), kostoisku
French: représailles (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Vergeltung (de) f
Hungarian: megtorlás (hu)
Indonesian: pembalasan (id)
Irish: díoltas m
Italian: rappresaglia (it) f, ritorsione (it) f
Japanese: 仕返し (ja) (しかえする, shikaeshi suru), 復讐 (ja) (ふくしゅう, fukushū)
Korean: 복수(復讐) (ko) (boksu)
Latin: talio (la) f
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maori: ngakinga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjengjeldelse (no) m
Polish: odwet (pl) m, retaliacja f
Portuguese: retaliação (pt) f, represália (pt)
Romanian: represalii (ro) f pl
Russian: возме́здие (ru) n (vozmézdije), воздая́ние (ru) n (vozdajánije)
Scottish Gaelic: dìoghaltas m, aicheamhail f
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: represalia (es)
Swedish: vedergällning (sv) c
Tagalog: balik-taga
Turkish: öç (tr), intikam (tr), misilleme (tr)
Ukrainian: відпла́та f (vidpláta), пока́ра f (pokára)