Usually means: Retaliation principle: "eye for eye."
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  1. talion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. talion: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Talion, talion: Wordnik
  4. talion: Wiktionary
  5. talion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. talion: Dictionary.com
  7. Talion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Talion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. talion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Talion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. talion: FreeDictionary.org
  12. talion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. talion: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  Retaliation; retribution.

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reprisal, retorsion, revengement, revenging, reprise, requital, refaction, avengement, payback, repayment, more...



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reprisal, retorsion, revengement, revenging, reprise, requital, refaction, avengement, payback, repayment, more...



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