retaliation

retaliation
retaliation (n.) 1580s, from L.L. retaliare "pay back in kind," from re- "back" (see RE- (Cf. re-)) + L. talio "exaction of payment in kind," from talis "suchlike." Originally used both in good and evil senses.

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