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
Reparation and retaliation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reparation" instead the word "Retaliation" as a noun or an adverb.
Reparation
Reparation noun - Payment to another for a loss or injury.
Usage example: the government instituted a program of reparations to the descendants of Native Americans who were driven from their land
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Synonyms for Reparation
Retaliation and reparation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retaliation" instead the word "Reparation" as a noun or an adverb.
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Related pairs
- satisfaction and retaliation
- satisfaction and reparation
- reward and retaliation
- reward and reparation
- return and retaliation
- return and reparation
- compensation and retaliation
- compensation and reparation
- redress and retaliation
- redress and reparation
- reprisal and retaliation
- reprisal and reparation
- punishment and retaliation
- punishment and reparation
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