Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Retaliate (v. i.) To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
(2) - Retaliate (v. t.) To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]

(1) - Retaliation (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

(1) - Retaliatory (a.) Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.

(1) - Retard (n.) Retardation; delay.
(2) - Retard (v. i.) To stay back.
(3) - Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
(4) - Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.