Word Meanings - RETALIATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon

Additional info about word: RETALIATE

To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift. (more info) pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RETALIATE)

• Avenge
• Vindicate
• right
• visit
• retaliate
• Repay
• Remunerate
• reimburse
• recompense
• reward
• requite
• fund
• Requite
• compensate
• remunerate
• satisfy
• punish
• avenge
• revenge
• Return
• Recur
• revert
• reappear
• come back
• repay
• render
• restore
• yield
• produce
• give back

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RETALIATE)

• Punish
• misrequite

Related words: (words related to RETALIATE)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• RECUR
  1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. I. Watts. 2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some
• REPAYMENT
  1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor. 2. The money or other thing repaid.
• REWARDFUL
  Yielding reward.
• PUNISHER
  One who inflicts punishment.
• RETALIATE
  To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
• REIMBURSEMENT
  The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• AVENGERESS
  A female avenger. Spenser.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• VISITATION
  The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually
• RIGHT
  1. In a right manner. 2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• RECURVE
  To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
• RETURNLESS
  Admitting no return. Chapman.
• YIELDANCE
  1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South.
• PUNISHABLE
  Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness,
• RECOMPENSER
  One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• REWARD
  To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
• REVERT
  To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged
• SHOREWARD
  Toward the shore.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
• UPRIGHTNESS
  the quality or state of being upright.