talion.
/ˈteɪlɪəʊ/ A requiting of like for like, retaliation; = talion n.1
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution
yieldinga1340
talion1412
retributiona1425
recompensec1425
recompensationa1513
requitement1548
retaliation1581
lex talionis1597
requital1597
retaling1597
taliationa1601
law of retalion1607
talio1611
retail1615
retorsion1637
repercussion1641
retributing1645
reddition1656
retortion1762
poetical justice1796
utu1828
retort1836
quits1865
poetic justice1991
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 651/1 God obseruing a talio and parilitie.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §60. 296 In case of talio, or requiting like for like.
1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. iii. 283 Talio, was a Punishment in the same Kind, as an Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth.
1874 C. Elliot tr. P. Kleinert Bk. Zephaniah Expounded 25/1 in P. Schaff et al. tr. J. P. Lange et al. Comm. Holy Script.: O. T. XVI The judgment is talio.
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