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retortion

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Noun
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re=tor=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

retortionn. [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]

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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