retaliate
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/icons/point.icon RECIPROCATE, RETALIATE, REQUITE, RETURN mean to give back usually in kind or in quantity.
RECIPROCATE implies a mutual or equivalent exchange or a paying back of what one has received.
e.g. reciprocated their hospitality by inviting them for a visit
RETALIATE usually implies a paying back of injury in exact kind, often vengefully.
e.g. the enemy retaliated by executing their prisoners
REQUITE implies a paying back according to one's preference and often not equivalently.
e.g. requited her love with cold indifference
RETURN implies a paying or giving back.
e.g. returned their call return good for evil
verb no object
make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack:
〈人などが〉 «…に対して/…で» 報復［復讐］する; 報復関税を課す «against/with» ; «…して» 報復［仕返し］する «by doing»
e.g. the blow stung and she retaliated immediately.
with object archaic repay (an injury or insult) in kind:
〈危害など〉に対して仕返しする
e.g. they used their abilities to retaliate the injury.
DERIVATIVES
retaliative |riˈtalēˌātiv, -ēətiv| adjective
retaliator |-ˌātər| noun
ORIGIN
early 17th century: from Latin retaliat- ‘returned in kind’, from the verb retaliare, from re- ‘back’ + talis ‘such’.