the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you

The bomb attack was in retaliation for the recent arrest of two well-known terrorists. 这次炸弹袭击是对最近逮捕两名著名恐怖分子的报复。

She suffered severe retaliation for writing articles for the newspapers. 她因给报纸写文章而遭到严重的报复。