[ri-tawr-shuh
n] 
| retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties. |
| re·tor·sion or re·tor·tion (rĭ-tôr'shən) n. An act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation or reprisal for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation. [Probably French rétorsion, from Latin retortus (influenced by Late Latin torsiō, a twisting, wringing), past participle of retorquēre, to cast back; see retort1.] |