retaliation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American: /ɹɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American: /ɹə-/
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• General-American: /ɹi-/
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• General-American: /-ʃɪn/
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• CMU ARPABET: R IY0 T AE2 L IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English retaliate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English retaliation From retaliate + -ion.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: সেকা (xeka) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Assamese: পোটক (pütok) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Bengali: প্রতিশোধ (protiśōdh) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Bulgarian: възмездие (vǎzmezdie) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Bulgarian: отмъщение (otmǎštenie) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Catalan: represàlia — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Chinese Mandarin: 報復 /报复 (bàofù) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Czech: odplata — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Danish: gengældelse — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Dutch: vergelding — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Finnish: kosto — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Finnish: kostoisku — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• French: représailles — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• German: Vergeltung — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Hungarian: megtorlás — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Indonesian: pembalasan — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Indonesian: retaliasi — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Irish: díoltas — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Italian: rappresaglia — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Italian: ritorsione — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Japanese: 仕返し (shikaeshi suru) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Japanese: 復讐 (fukushū) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Korean: 복수 (boksu) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Latin: talio — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Māori: ngakinga — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Marathi: प्रत्याघात (pratyāghāt) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Marathi: बदला (badlā) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjengjeldelse — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Polish: odwet — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Polish: retaliacja — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Portuguese: retaliação — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Portuguese: represália — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Romanian: represalii — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Russian: возме́здие (vozmézdije) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Russian: воздая́ние (vozdajánije) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Scottish Gaelic: dìoghaltas — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Scottish Gaelic: aicheamhail — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Spanish: represalia — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Spanish: retaliación — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Swedish: vedergällning — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Tagalog: balik-taga — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Turkish: öç — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Turkish: intikam — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Turkish: misilleme — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Ukrainian: відпла́та (vidpláta) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice
• Ukrainian: пока́ра (pokára) — act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice