retaliation
nounHow many syllables in retaliation?
There are 5 syllables in the word retaliation.How to pronounce retaliation:
Definition of retaliation:
- retaliation (noun):
- an act of taking revenge
- action taken in return for an injury or offense.
Synonyms for retaliation:
a taste of your own medicine
an eye for an eye
counterblow
counterstroke
getting even
payback
paying back
punishment
reciprocation
repayment
reprisal
requital
retribution
return
revenge
tit for tat
vengeance
Antonyms for retaliation:
absolution
acquittal
amnesty
clearing
clemency
condonation
condoning
delivery
discharge
dispensation
exculpation
exoneration
extenuation
forbearance
forgiveness
kindness
mercy
pardon
pardoning
purgation
reconciliation
remission
remittal
reprieve
sympathy
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- diametrical
- authenticated
- axiomatic
- recuperative
- overwhelmingly
- consideration
- alienation
- abbreviation
- overseeing
- collaborator
- justifiable
- documentary
- deliciousness
- pontification
- irredeemable
- meritorious
- explosimeter
- expiatory
- unofficially
- unashamedly
- melomaniac
- communicated
- nonrefundable
- irrespectively
- humiliating
- evaluator
- pedagogical
- regurgitated
- uninterested
- conventioneer
- seniority
- manufacturer
- incoherently
- fundamentally
- universally
- fanaticism
- affirmatively
- Haroun Al Rachid
- redelegated
- compendiously
- durability
- luminescences
- illumination
- discombobulate
- aristocratic
- braggadocio
- infatigable
- solidifying
- subordinating
- nostomania
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Light syllables, having short vowels and no ending consonant, often occur in unstressed positions in polysyllabic words.
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