Definitions for retorsion

retorsion re·tor·sion

Spelling: [ri-tawr-shuh n]
IPA: /rɪˈtɔr ʃən/

Retorsion is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 394 anagrams from letters in retorsion (einoorrst).

Definitions for retorsion

noun

  1. retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.

Origin of retorsion

1650-60; Medieval Latin retorsiōn- (stem of retorsiō, variant of retortiō); see retortion

Examples for retorsion

retorsion, reprisals, pacific blockade, and war will be treated in the second volume of this work.

However, acts of retorsion are confined to acts which are not internationally illegal.

Mallarmé set him to cryptic harmonies, and placed him in a dim rich forest (though he called him a faun; a faun in retorsion).

Although such acts may be met by retorsion, they are not illegal and therefore not delinquent acts.

The question when retorsion is and when it is not justified is not one of law, and is difficult to answer.

These measures of retorsion should always be within the bounds of municipal and international law.

The essence of retorsion consists in retaliation for a noxious act by an act of the same kind.

For the application of retorsion is confined to political, and that of reprisals to legal differences.

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