Action taken in return for an injury or offense.

synoniem: revenge.

Roget 30: compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification; compromise; etc. 774 neutralization, nullification; counteraction etc. 179; reaction; measure for measure, retaliation, etc. 718 equalization; etc. 27; robbing Peter to pay Paul.    set-off, offset; make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast; indemnity, equivalent, quid pro quo; bribe, hush money; amends etc. (atonement) 952; counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 718: retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter-stroke, counter-blast, counterplot, counter-project; retribution, lex talionis [Lat.]; reciprocation etc. (reciprocity) 12.    tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous.    recrimination etc. (accusation) 938; revenge etc. 919; compensation etc. 30; reaction etc. (recoil) 277.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: repercussie, revanche, vergelding, vindicatie, wraak, wraakneming
Pools: zemsta, odwet, pomsta, rozrachunek, porachunek