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Retorsion (from French: rétorsion, from Latin: retortus, influenced by Late Latin, 1585–1595, torsi, a twisting, wringing it), [1] a term used in international law, is an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation. A typical example of retorsion is the use of comparably severe ...
An example of reprisal is the Naulila dispute between Portugal and Germany in October 1914, when they were on opposite sides of the World War I chasm. After three Germans were mistakenly killed in Naulila on the border of the then-Portuguese colony of Angola (in a manner that did not violate international law), [6] Germany carried out a military raid on Naulila, destroying property in retaliation.
Tit for tat is an English saying meaning "equivalent retaliation". It is an alteration of tip for tap "blow for blow", [1] first recorded in 1558. [2] It is also a highly effective strategy in game theory. An agent using this strategy will first cooperate, then subsequently replicate an opponent's previous action. If the opponent previously was ...
In the sense of revenge, retaliation is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance. Retaliation or Retaliate may also refer to: Retaliate (Angerfist album), 2011; Retaliate (Misery Index album), 2003; Retaliation, a 1968 Japanese film; Retaliation (Carnivore album), 1987; Retaliation (Dane Cook album), a 2005 comedy ...
Retaliation (disambiguation) Retorsion, in international law, an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation; Retribution (disambiguation) Revenge (disambiguation)
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
An English translation of Exodus 21:22-24 states: "If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life ...
The English term "filibuster" derives from the Spanish filibustero, itself deriving originally from the Dutch vrijbuiter, 'privateer, pirate, robber' (also the root of English freebooter). [4] The Spanish form entered the English language in the 1850s, as applied to military adventurers from the United States then operating in Central America ...