Re‐tal′i‐a″tion (?), n. The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
God... takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.
Syn. — Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.