Re-tăl/i-ā'tion, n.

n. [From Lat. retaliare. See supra.] The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; as, (a.) The return of good for good;—in a good sense. (b.) The return of evil for evil;—in an ill sense.

God takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obliges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.

Synonyms—Requital; reprisal; repayment; retribution; punishment.