English
Etymology
Old French, from Latin talis �such�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'tælɪ�n/

Noun
talion (uncountable)

1. retaliation

#:*1973: 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. � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

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