English-Thai Dictionary

retaliation

N การแก้แค้น  การ แก้เผ็ด  การ โต้กลับ  vengeance revenge reprisal kan-kea-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETALIATION

n. 1. The return of like for like; the doing that to another which he has done to us; requital of evil.
2. In a good sense, return of good for good.
God takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obliges himself to full retaliation.
[This, according to modern usage, is harsh. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETALIATION

RETALIATION Re *tal `i *a "tion, n.

 

Defn: 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. God. .. takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.

 

Syn. -- Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

retaliation

re tal i a tion |riˌtalēˈāSHən rɪtæliˈeɪʃn | ▶noun the action of returning a military attack; counterattack: the bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects. • the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge: protectionism invites retaliation.

 

Oxford Dictionary

retaliation

re |tali |ation |rɪˌtalɪˈeɪʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack: the bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects. • the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge: she rejected as preposterous any suggestion that she had acted in retaliation.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

retaliation

retaliation noun the rebel forces awaited the government's retaliation: revenge, vengeance, reprisal, retribution, requital, recrimination, repayment; response, reaction, reply, counterattack.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

retaliation

retaliation noun the bombing was in retaliation for a rebel raid on two border villages: revenge, vengeance, reprisal, retribution, requital, recrimination, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth ), getting even, redress, repayment, payback; response, reaction, reply, reciprocation, counterattack, counterstroke, comeback, tit for tat, measure for measure, blow for blow; Latin lex talionis; rare ultion, a Roland for an Oliver.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

retaliation

re t à l i á tion 名詞 U «…への » 報復, 復讐 （ふくしゆう ）, 仕返し «against , for » ▸ in retaliation for A Aに対する仕返しとして