counterretaliation

noun

coun·​ter·​re·​tal·​i·​a·​tion ˌkau̇n-tər-ri-ˌta-lē-ˈā-shən 

-ˌrē-

variants or counter-retaliation

plural counterretaliations or counter-retaliations

: an act of retaliating against a previous retaliatory act

… provoke retaliatory strikes that are promptly followed by counterretaliation.

—Robert Lekachman

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above