Definitions for retaliation

retaliation re·tal·i·a·tion

Spelling: [ri-tal-ee-ey-shuh n]
IPA: /rɪˌtæl iˈeɪ ʃən/

Retaliation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 779 anagrams from letters in retaliation (aaeiilnortt).

Definitions for retaliation

noun

  1. the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.

Origin of retaliation

First recorded in 1575-85; retaliate + -ion

Examples for retaliation

The reckoning, the retribution, the retaliation to be just must be most stern.

But one of the German submarines was to go to the bottom in retaliation.

Of how incredibly petty the offense can be and how insanely disproportionate the retaliation can be.

There seemed to be nothing for it but to wait and pray for some means of retaliation.

If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.

The colonists dared not exhibit the slightest spirit of retaliation.

What he fails to realize is that he is imposing the same urban title on his family in retaliation.

He was in such trouble that he feared to drive his wife to retaliation; and yet he must do his duty.

And U.S. lawmakers are pushing to involve China in any retaliation against the Sony hack.

The decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.

Word Value for retaliation
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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