Retaliate and Redress

Retaliate

Retaliate verb - To punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for.
Usage example: retaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree

Redress and retaliate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Redress" instead a verb "Retaliate".

Nearby Words: retaliation, retaliatory, retaliating

Redress

Redress verb - To punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for.
Usage example: the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified

Retaliate and redress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retaliate" instead a verb "Redress".

Nearby Words: redressed, redressing

Common collocations

damage retaliate damage redress damage
deaths retaliate deaths redress deaths
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