Word Study
Retortion
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [1913 Webster]"It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion." [1913 Webster]
- Retaliation. Wharton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Retortion, n.
1 the act or an instance of bending back; the condition of being bent back.
2 retaliation by a State on the subjects of another.
1 the act or an instance of bending back; the condition of being bent back.
2 retaliation by a State on the subjects of another.
Etymology
RETORT(1), perh. after contortion
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