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retaliation

noun
/ɹiˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/UK/ɹɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From retaliate + -ion.

  1. derived from retāliātus
  2. suffixed as retaliation — “retaliate + ion”

Definitions

  1. Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice

    Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.

    • Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at retaliation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at retaliation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at retaliation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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