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retaliateverb to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible forretaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree avenge, redress, requite, revenge, venge(archaic) castigate, fix, get, penalize, punish, scourgechasten, chastise, correct, disciplinerightcompensate, pay (back), recompense, repay get even (for) absolve, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon, remit reciprocate, retaliate, requite, return mean to give back usually in kind or in quantity.reciprocate implies a mutual or equivalent exchange or a paying back of what one has received.reciprocated their hospitality by inviting them for a visit retaliate usually implies a paying back of injury in exact kind, often vengefully.the enemy retaliated by executing their prisoners requite implies a paying back according to one's preference and often not equivalently.requited her love with cold indifference return implies a paying or giving back.returned their call return good for evil in 1606 |