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Definition: Retortion
Retortion
\Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]torsion. See
Retort,
v. t.]
1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning
back. [Written also
retorsion.]
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It was, however, necessary to possess some single
term expressive of this intellectual retortion.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton.
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