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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesreprésailles
Pronunciation / Transliteration: représailles
"Ils ont agi par peur de représailles."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The action of harming someone because they have harmed you; revenge.
"The strike was in retaliation for the pay cuts."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'retaliare', formed from 're-' (back) and 'talis' (such, like), meaning to requite or return like for like. Entering the English language in the late 16th century, it evolved from a general legal term for matching penalties to a broader description of revengeful actions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Retaliation" is said worldwide
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représailles
Transliteration: représailles
"Ils ont agi par peur de représailles."
Vergeltung
Transliteration: Vergeltung
"Sie fürchteten Rache und Vergeltung."
ritorsione
Transliteration: ritorsione
"Il governo ha promesso una pronta ritorsione."
represalia
Transliteration: represalia
"Temían sufrir represalias por su denuncia."
retaliação
Transliteration: retaliação
"O ataque foi uma retaliação direta."
प्रतिशोध
Transliteration: pratishodh
"यह कार्रवाई प्रतिशोध की भावना से की गई थी।"
报复
Transliteration: bàofù
"他们担心会遭到报复。"
보복
Transliteration: bobok
"그들은 보복을 두려워하지 않았다."
報復
Transliteration: hōfuku
"その攻撃は報復として行われた。"
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