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retortion
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retortion
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Noun
HYPHEN
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re=tor=tion
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CIDE DICTIONARY
retortion
,
n.
[Cf. F.
rétorsion
. See
Retort
,
v. t.
].
Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [
1913 Webster
]
"
It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual
retortion
.
" [
1913 Webster
]
Retaliation.
Wharton.
[
1913 Webster
]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
retortion
, n.
1 the act or an instance of bending back; the condition of being bent back.
2 retaliation by a State on the subjects of another.
Etymology
RETORT(1), perh. after contortion
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