Retaliates
/rɪˈtæl.i.eɪts/
Definitions
- (v.) Third-person singular form of retaliate, meaning to take revenge or respond to harm with similar action, especially in a legal or conflict context.
The defendant retaliates by filing a counterclaim after the lawsuit was initiated.
Forms
- retaliate
- retaliated
- retaliating
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Commentary
As an inflected form of 'retaliate,' 'retaliates' shares the same substantive legal meaning and is used primarily to indicate third-person singular present tense actions in legal narration.
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