retortion

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noun

An act of retaliation taken by one nation against another as a reprisal.

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Synonyms

requital reprisal retort reprise retrusion rerestitution retroaction repayment counterreprisal reattribution restitution revanche reversion recussion retroduction refoulment

Rhymes

retorsion detortion detorsion

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