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counterplay

NOUN

revenge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attack reprisal retribution vengeance

STRONG

animus avenging counterblow counterinsurgency fight malevolence rancor repayment requital return ruthlessness satisfaction sortie spitefulness vengefulness vindictiveness

WEAK

avengment eye for an eye getting even ill will implacability measure for measure tit for tat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forgiveness pardon sympathy

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He kept talking about the Queen’s Gambit and the Tartakower Defense, and kingside pawn structure, attacks and counterplays, and other chess nonsense—and how gutsy and brilliant Fischer had been to do what he did.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2012

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