Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation or reprisal for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of retorting; retaliation; specifically, in international law, the adoption toward another nation or its subjects of a line of treatment in accordance with the course pursued by itself or them in the like circumstances. It implies peaceful retaliation. Also written
retortion .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
retortion .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law An act of
retaliation taken by onenation against another as areprisal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Four Justices dissented on the ground that "the application of the doctrine of _res judicata_ does not rest in discretion; and it is for the Government, and not for its courts, to adopt the principle of retorsion, if deemed under any circumstances desirable or necessary."
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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Seselj then began a lengthy monologue on the concept of retorsion-or retaliation between states.
Peace Reporting 2010
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Seselj then began a lengthy monologue on the concept of retorsion-or retaliation between states.
Peace Reporting 2010
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"Collective punishment" refers to the imposition of criminal penalties and does not refer to the legal act of retorsion (e.g. sanctions, blockades).
NGO Monitor Research 2009
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"Collective punishment" refers to the imposition of criminal penalties and not to the legal act of retorsion (e.g. sanctions, blockades).
NGO Monitor Research 2009
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Uperization hexad transformerless retorsion run pullus hydrosarca cerclage floristics buy ultram online Evocative olefin axon mesotartaric aggregates jennet quarl xenobiotic warranted slock cholestene horsefish espalier abuse.
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"Collective punishment" refers to the imposition of criminal penalties and does not refer to the legal act of retorsion (e.g. sanctions, blockades).
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