fra: rétorsion

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/fra/r%C3%A9torsion

Meaning
means	(noun) action taken in return for an injury or offense retaliation, revenge
means	(noun) a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime reprisal
means	(noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution" vengeance, retribution, payback