Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase opposite of retaliate.
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1. forgive
2. pardon
3. excuse
4. overlook
5. tolerate
6. alibi
7. amnesty
8. condone
9. excuser
10. excusing
11. salvo
12. unswear
13. absolution
14. amnestied
15. assoilment
16. condonation
17. disculpate
18. disculpation
19. essoin
20. exculpation
21. excusation
22. excuss
23. justifier
24. pardoned
25. pardoner
26. pardoning
27. propitiation
28. quight
29. remission
30. revenge
31. surrendering
32. vindicate
33. abjuration
34. absolve
35. absolvitory
36. abuy
37. aby

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