Synonyms of retaliations

retaliations

noun

plural of retaliation

as in revenges

the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury

police believe that the murder was in retaliation for an earlier gangland execution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revenges
• retributions
• reprisals
• vengeances
• punishments
• paybacks
• counterattacks
• compensations
• counteroffensives
• chastisements
• reparations
• castigations
• corrections
• counters
• amends
• penalties
• indemnities
• deserts
• requitals
• wraths
• restitutions
• disciplines
• indemnifications
• recoupments
• recompenses
• nemeses
• remunerations
• redresses
• quittances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mercies
• leniencies
• graces
• clemencies
• remissions
• pardons
• lenities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of retaliations

The new president has vowed a crackdown, which Guzmán warns could lead to retaliations that target critical infrastructure. — Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Over the past year, countries rushed to secure piecemeal deals; some allowed panic to overtake them; very few coordinated their actions or retaliations. — Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026

Neither country can afford to return to the prior tariff rates during the heat of tit-for-tat retaliations, which freaked out Big Tech earlier this year. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025

On Sunday, Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in one of the group's heaviest retaliations in months. — Jordana Miller, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024