V. retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one’s
own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate &c. 148; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo &c. n., give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores.
     serve one right, be hoist on one’s own petard, throw a stone in one’s
own garden, catch a Tartar. 
     Adj. retaliating &c. v.; retaliatory, retaliative; talionic[obs3]. 
     Adv. in retaliation; en revanche. 
     Phr. mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Lat][Horace]; par pari
refero [Lat][Terence]; tu quoque[Lat:  you too]; you’re another; suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo [Lat]; a beau jeu beau retour[Fr]; litem [Lat]. . . lite resolvit [Lat][Horace].

     #719.  Resistance. —­ N. resistance, stand, front, oppugnation[obs3];
oppugnancy[obs3]; opposition &c. 708; renitence[obs3], renitency; reluctation[obs3], recalcitration[obs3]; kicking &c. v.
     repulse, rebuff.
     insurrection &c. (disobedience) 742; strike; turn out, lock out,
barring out; levee en masse[Fr], Jacquerie; riot &c. (disorder) 59. 
     V. resist; not submit &c. 725; repugn[obs3], reluct, reluctate[obs3],
withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one’s ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one’s grounds, hold one’s own, hold out, hold firm.
     breast the wave, breast the current; stem the tide, stem the torrent;
face, confront, grapple with; show a bold front &c. (courage) 861; present a front; make a stand, take one’s stand.
     kick, kick against; recalcitrate[obs3], kick against the pricks;
oppose &c. 708; fly in the face of; lift the hand against &c. (attack) 716; rise up in arms &c. (war) 722; strike, turn out; draw up a round robin &c. (remonstrate) 932; revolt &c. (disobey) 742; make a riot.
     prendre le mors aux dents [French:  take the bit between the teeth];
sell one’s life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse. 
     Adj. resisting &c.v.; resistive, resistant; refractory &c.
(disobedient) 742; recalcitrant, renitent; up in arms.
     repulsive, repellant.
     proof against; unconquerable &c. (strong) 159; stubborn, unconquered;
indomitable &c. (persevering) 604a; unyielding &c. (obstinate) 606. 
     Int. hands off! keep off!

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     #720.  Contention. —­ N. contention, strife; contest,
contestation[obs3]; struggle; belligerency; opposition &c. 708.
     controversy, polemics; debate &c. (discussion) 476; war of words,
logomachy[obs3], litigation; paper war; high words &c. (quarrel) 713; sparring &c. v.
     competition, rivalry; corrivalry[obs3], corrivalship[obs3], agonism|,
concours[obs3], match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap; regatta; field day; sham fight, Derby