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