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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·tor·sion n. Same as Retortion.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·tor·tion n.
 1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.]
    It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion.   --Sir W. Hamilton.
 2. Law Retaliation.
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