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talion

[ tal-ee-uh n ]
/ ˈtæl i ən /
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noun

lex talionis.

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RELATED WORDS

right, guerdon, merit, discipline, comeuppance, due, penalty, return, revenge, requital, payment, retribution, chastisement, compensation, recompense, deserving, reward, punishment, meed

Nearby words

taliban movement, talibanize, talien, taliesin, taligrade, talion, taliped, talipedic, talipes, talipes calcaneovalgus, talipes calcaneovarus

Origin of talion

1375–1425; < Latin tāliōn- (stem of tāliō) exaction of compensation in kind; replacing late Middle English talioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
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British Dictionary definitions for talion

talion

/ (ˈtælɪən) /

noun

the system or legal principle of making the punishment correspond to the crime; retaliation

Word Origin for talion

C15: via Old French from Latin tāliō, from tālis such
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