Dictionary Definition
retaliatory adj : of or relating to or having the
nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an
eye" [syn: relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
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English
Adjective
- Relating to or part of a retaliation.
- The hostile forces were at an impasse; neither could attack with enough force and still defend against the retaliatory counterattack.
Synonyms
- (done in retaliation): punitive, retributive, vengeful
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
amendatory, avenging, balancing, changeable, commutable, commutative, compensating, compensatory, convertible, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing,
countervailing,
equal, equalizing, equivalent, even, exchanged, expiatory, give-and-take,
grudgeful, implacable, indemnificatory,
interchangeable,
interchanged,
irreconcilable,
mutual, offsetting, penitential, permutable, punitive, punitory, rancorous, reciprocal, reciprocating, reciprocative, recompensing, recompensive, rectifying, reparative, restitutive, retaliative, retributive, retributory, returnable, revanchist, revengeful, standard, swapped, switched, traded, transposed, unappeasable, vengeful, vindicatory, vindictive