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111answer — n 1. acknowledgment, confirmation, reply; response, rejoinder, return, replication, respond ence; retort, repartee, riposte, Sl. comeback, retaliation, back talk, Inf. sass. 2. counterblast, countercharge, recrimination, counterstatement,… …
112challenge — n 1. call, summons, invitation, bidding; notice, nod, beck, bid. 2. provocation, dare, gauntlet, glove, gage; confrontation, ultimatum, defiance, scorn, affront; menace, attack, countercharge, stand, opposition. 3. question, charge, allegation,… …
113recrimination — n countercharge, payment in kind; retaliation, retortion, reprisal, requital, retribution; vengeance, revenge, avengement …
114rejoinder — n answer, response, reply, riposte, coun terstroke, return, comeback, counterblast; retort, replication, repartee; refutation, contradiction, counterargument; Law. surrebuttal, Law. surrejoinder, coun terstatement, countercharge, counterclaim …
115retaliation — n reprisal, redress, satisfaction, revenge, vindication, retribution, vengeance; vendetta, feud; requital, repayment, paying back, counterpunch, counterblow, counterstroke, counterattack, counterblast, countercharge, recrimination; tit for tat,… …
116return — v 1. go back, revert to, reverse, back up, backtrack; recede, ebb, wane, retreat, turn back; relapse, backslide, regress, fall back, retrograde. 2. come back, recur, reoccur, reappear, recrudesce; revolve, roll around, come round again; retroact …
117revenge — v 1. make reprisal, requite, avenge, wreak revenge upon, inflict punishment for, exact payment from, exact one s pound of flesh; hit back at, strike back at, get back or get back at, get even with, Inf. pay off an old score, Inf. settle a score,… …
118tit for tat — revenge, retaliation, requital, counterblow, counterstroke, countercharge; Latin, quid pro quo. a Roland for an Oliver, blow for a blow, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, measure for measure, pound for pound, lex talonis, talion; dose or taste… …
119recriminate — re•crim•i•nate [[t]rɪˈkrɪm əˌneɪt[/t]] v. nat•ed, nat•ing 1) to bring a countercharge against an accuser 2) to accuse in return • Etymology: 1595–1605; < ML recrīminātus, ptp. of recrīminārī= L re re +crīminārī to denounce, accuse, v. der. of… …
120recriminate — [c]/rəˈkrɪməneɪt / (say ruh krimuhnayt) verb (recriminated, recriminating) –verb (i) 1. to bring a countercharge against an accuser. –verb (t) 2. to accuse in return. {Medieval Latin recrīminātus, past participle} –recrimination /rəkrɪməˈneɪʃən/… …
