Synonyms of retaliating

retaliating

verb

present participle of retaliate

as in avenging

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for

retaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avenging
• revenging
• punishing
• redressing
• requiting
• getting even (for)
• penalizing
• venging
• disciplining
• chastising
• castigating
• correcting
• repaying
• scourging
• compensating
• fixing
• chastening
• righting
• getting
• paying (back)
• recompensing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excusing
• forgiving
• remitting
• condoning
• pardoning
• absolving