Antonyms for retaliate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-tal-ee-eyt

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtæl iˌeɪt

Definition of retaliate

Origin : 1610s, from Latin retaliatus, past participle of retaliare "requite, retaliate" (see retaliation). Related: Retaliated; retaliating.

verb get even with someone

Example sentences :

High favour, when a lady condescends to remember and retaliate.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

By this means he announced that he was prepared to retaliate for any hurt he might receive.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Possibly, like Mephistopheles in Faust, he may retaliate on his adversaries.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

And I hope that you in your turn will retaliate upon me if I am false to my own principle.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

It is not strange that when harpooned it should retaliate by attacking its assailant.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

The fleet of Sator tried to retaliate, but the Nansalians were prepared for them.
Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell

Bewildered, she tried to retaliate with the boomerang of vituperation.
Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

She was one who knew how to retaliate, and to do so quickly.
Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman

Francis did not, however, fail to retaliate in her vehement way.
Extract from : « Major Frank » by A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint

You observe, I do not retaliate by addressing you as Dear Philip.
Extract from : « The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance » by Paul Elmer More

Synonyms for retaliate

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