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1. counterattack
2. retaliation
3. reprisal
4. vengeance
5. lex talionis
6. requital
7. comeuppance
8. retribution
9. revanche
10. revanchist
11. revenge
12. revengeance
13. revenging
14. talion
15. tit for tat
16. vindicative
17. avenge
18. avenging
19. defense
20. derogation
21. exceptor
22. extenuating circumstance
23. nemesis
24. obtestation
25. poetic justice
26. retaliative
27. retributive
28. satisfaction
29. sublate
30. suspension
31. take revenge
32. taliation
33. utu
34. vendetta
35. vengeant
36. veto
37. vindication

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