retorsion
/rɪˈtɔrʃən/
noun
- An act of retaliation or turning back something, especially in international relations where a country responds to another's actions with similar measures.
- The nation's retorsion involved imposing the same trade tariffs that its neighbor had started.
- Diplomats discussed whether the travel ban was a justified retorsion or an overreaction.
- In international law, retorsion is a lawful but unfriendly response to another state's actions.
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