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counteraction

noun

Etymology

From counter- + action.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from āctiō
  3. derived from aucion
  4. inherited from accioun
  5. formed as counteraction — “counter- + action”

Definitions

  1. An act of retaliation

    An act of retaliation; a counterattack.

  2. Any action in opposition to a previous action.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for counteraction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA