Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounaction taken in return for an injury or offense
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Translations
Arabic اِنْتِقَام
- اِنْتِقَام (intiqām)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Bengali প্রতিশোধ
- প্রতিশোধ (protiśōdh)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Bulgarian възмездие, отмъщение
- възмездие (văzmezdie)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- отмъщение (otmăštenie)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Catalan represàlia
- represàliaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Chinese Mandarin 報復 /报复
- 報復 /报复 (bàofù)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Czech odplata, odveta
- odplataact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- odvetaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Danish gengældelse
- gengældelseact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Dutch vergelding
- vergeldingact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Finnish kosto, kostoisku
- kostoact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- kostoiskuact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
French représailles
- représaillesact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
German Vergeltung
- Vergeltungact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Hungarian megtorlás
- megtorlásact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Indonesian pembalasan, retaliasi
- pembalasanact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- retaliasiact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Irish díoltas
- díoltasact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Italian rappresaglia, ritorsione
- rappresagliaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- ritorsioneact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Japanese 仕返し, 復讐
- 仕返し (shikaeshi suru)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- 復讐 (fukushū)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Korean 복수
- 복수 (boksu)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Latin talio
- talioact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Māori ngakinga
- ngakingaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Norwegian Bokmål gjengjeldelse
- gjengjeldelseact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Polish odwet, retaliacja
- odwetact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- retaliacjaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Portuguese retaliação, represália
- retaliaçãoact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- represáliaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Romanian represalii
- represaliiact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Russian возме́здие, воздая́ние
- возме́здие (vozmézdije)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- воздая́ние (vozdajánije)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Scottish Gaelic dìoghaltas, aicheamhail
- dìoghaltasact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- aicheamhailact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Spanish represalia, retaliación
- represaliaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- retaliaciónact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Swedish vedergällning
- vedergällningact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Tagalog balik-taga
- balik-tagaact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Turkish öç, intikam
- öçact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- intikamact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- misillemeact of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
Ukrainian відпла́та, пока́ра
- відпла́та (vidpláta)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
- пока́ра (pokára)act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
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APA
retaliation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retaliation
MLA
“retaliation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retaliation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retaliation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retaliation.
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