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Definition of retaliate : 1. To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
2. To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for ( evil). [ Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]

Synonyms:

requite, strike back, visit, vindicate, attack, hit back, forgiveness

make amends, appease, redeem, recompense, rectify, redress, atone, compensate, restitute

punish

reprise, respond, avenge, counteract, reciprocate, counter, repay, exchange, counterblow, retribute, countercharge, return fire, revenge, retort

Usage examples:

• As the mortification of an hour ago surged back upon him, he added to the fear of telling his mother a resentment that would retaliate by secrecy. - "The Iron Woman", Margaret Deland.
• He presented to me too good an opportunity to retaliate for me to let it pass. - "The Paternoster Ruby", Charles Edmonds Walk.
• Mrs. Catron's woman's impulse to retaliate sharply overcame her first natural indignation at her visitor's impudence. - "Drift from Two Shores", Bret Harte.