Pardon and Retaliation

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Pardon noun - Release from the guilt or penalty of an offense.

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Retaliation is an antonym for pardon.

Nearby Words: pardoning, pardoned, pardonable

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

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Pardon is an antonym for retaliation in topics: revenge, vengeance.

Nearby Words: retaliate, retaliatory, retaliated, retaliating

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Retaliation and Pardon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pardon/retaliation

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