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>Retaliation is me doing B because of A. No, and you're twisting what you know retaliation to be, to pretend that is merely "cause and effect." That's very dec
by daenz 5y ago
>Retaliation is me doing B because of A.
No, and you're twisting what you know retaliation to be, to pretend that is merely "cause and effect." That's very deceptive, because I think you know that it doesn't make much sense to say "He gave me a nice gift, so I retaliated with my own nice gift."
- Volundr 5y agoretaliate: intransitive verb to return like for like especially: to get revenge transitive verb to repay in kind retaliate an injury Words have dictionary definitions, legal definitions, and connotations (note: the especially). Your usage above is consistent with both the dictionary and legal definitions of retaliate, but would be confusing to most English speakers because of the connotations.