talion

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈtalɪən/

Noun

talion (uncountable)

1. Retaliation; retribution.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading, a bit decadently, as mercy.

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