Discipline and Retaliation

Discipline

Discipline noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.
Usage example: harsh discipline was imposed to keep order within the ranks

Retaliation and discipline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retaliation" instead a noun "Discipline".

Retaliation

Retaliation noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.
Usage example: police believe that the murder was in retaliation for an earlier gangland execution

Discipline and retaliation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discipline" instead a noun "Retaliation".

Nearby Words: retaliate, retaliatory, retaliated, retaliating

How words are described

certain certain discipline certain retaliation
standard standard discipline standard retaliation
true true discipline true retaliation
harsh harsh discipline harsh retaliation
Other adjectives: brutal, strong, violent, little, terrible, personal, imperial.
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