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单词 retortion
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retortion


re·tor·sion

or re·tor·tion R0195100 (rĭ-tôr′shən)n. An act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation or reprisal for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation.
[Probably French rétorsion, from Latin retortus (influenced by Late Latin torsiō, a twisting, wringing), past participle of retorquēre, to cast back; see retort1.]

retortion

(rɪˈtɔːʃən) n1. the act of retorting2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a variant spelling of retorsion
Translations

Retortion


Retortion

 

in international law, actions taken by one state in response to the unjust or hostile acts of another state. The aim of retortion is to achieve, by lawful means, a situation in which disagreements among the parties may be settled and violated rights may be restored. Unlike reprisals, retortions are a response to lawful acts by a state that are committed by virtue of its territorial jurisdiction (for example, levying higher customs duties), but that harm the interests or prestige of another state.

Acts of retortion take different forms, for example, restricting the purchase of another country’s commodities or refusing entry to its citizens. Such acts are temporary and must cease immediately after the discriminatory measures are stopped. Contemporary international law permits retortion only as an extreme measure, when all other lawful means of influencing a state that is pursuing a discriminatory policy have failed.

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