nnoun.actaction taken in return for an injury or offenseSynset:retaliation
Derivationally Related Form:revengeretaliate
Hypernyms:getting even paying back return
Inherited Hypernyms:retaliationreturngroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:retaliationreturngroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:paybackreprisalretributionvengeance
Full Hyponyms:reprisalvengeance
vverb.competitiontake revenge for a perceived wrongSynset:avenge retaliate
Examples:- He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
Derivationally Related Form:avengerretaliatorrevengeretaliatoryretaliation
Hypernyms:penalise penalize punish
Inherited Hypernyms:revengepunish
Direct Hyponyms:get backget even
Full Troponyms:get evenpay back
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something