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Webster 1913 Edition
Retaliation
Re-talˊi-a′tion
,Noun.
The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full
retaliation
. Calamy.
Syn. – Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retaliation
RETALIA'TION
, n.1.
The return of like for like; the doing that to another which he has done to us; requital of evil.2.
In a good sense, return of good for good.God takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obliges himself to full retaliation.
[This, according to modern usage, is harsh.]