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retaliation

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

An action taken in return for a perceived injury, offense, or attack.

The mediator urged both groups to discuss the dispute without retaliation.

Dictionary practice example.

Retaliation followed when Nora deliberately locked away Ben's watering can to punish him for the injury she believed he had caused.