| Main Entry: | counterblow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation |
| Synonyms: | an eye for an eye, counteraction, counterattack, countermove, counteroffensive, counterstrike, reciprocation, reprisal, retribution, revenge, vengeance |
| Main Entry: | foil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrast |
| Synonyms: | antithesis, background, complement, counterblow, defense, guard, setting |
| Notes: | a fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and flexible blade is an épée; the one with a circular guard is a foil |
| Main Entry: | reprisal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revenge |
| Synonyms: | avengement, avenging, counterblow, counterstroke, eye for an eye, paying back, requital, retaliation, retribution, vengeance |
| Antonyms: | kindness, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | retribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payback for another's action |
| Synonyms: | avengement, avenging, comeuppance, compensation, counterblow, eye for an eye, just desserts, justice, punishment, reckoning, recompense, redress, repayment, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revanche, revenge, reward, satisfaction, vengeance, what for |
| Antonyms: | forgiveness, pardon, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | revenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation for wrong, grievance |
| Synonyms: | animus, attack, avenging, avengment, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, eye for an eye, fight, getting even, ill will, implacability, malevolence, measure for measure, rancor, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, ruthlessness, satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, tit for tat, vengeance, vengefulness, vindictiveness |
| Antonyms: | forgiveness, pardon, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | vengeance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation for another's act |
| Synonyms: | avengement, avenging, counterblow, evening of score, eye for an eye, getting even, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, revenge, settling of score, tit for tat, vengefulness, wrath |
| Antonyms: | forgiveness, pardon |
| Main Entry: | counteraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation |
| Synonyms: | an eye for an eye, balance, counterattack, counterbalance, counterblow, countermove, counteroffensive, counterpoise, counterstrike, neutralization, offset, reciprocation, reprisal, retribution, revenge, vengeance |
| Main Entry: | counterattack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation |
| Synonyms: | an eye for an eye, counteraction, counterblow, countermove, counteroffensive, counterstrike, neutralization, reciprocation, reprisal, retribution, revenge, vengeance |
| Main Entry: | reciprocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation |
| Synonyms: | a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, barter, compensation, correspondence, counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, interchange, repayment, reply, reprisal, requital, retribution, revenge, tit for tat, trade, vengeance |
| Main Entry: | revenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
ruthless, avenging, immitigable, implacable, inexorable, pitiless, rancorous, rankling, remorseless, revengeful, rigorous, stony, unforgiving, unrelenting, vengeful, vindictive
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