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retaliation . ( Del b. LAT. repraesaliae, and this of the Tal. ( reprehensus , part. pas of reprehendere , to pick up again). 1. f. response of punishment or retaliation for any assault or insult. 2. f. retention of property of a community which is in conflict, or its individuals. 3. f. measure or treatment of rigour, without violent rupture of relations, adopts one State against another to respond to adverse acts or determinations of this. U m. in pl.