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  • 51Military of ancient Rome — This article is part of the series on: Military of ancient Rome (portal) 753 BC – AD 476 Structural history Roman army (unit types and ranks …

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  • 52compensation — com·pen·sa·tion /ˌkäm pən sā shən/ n 1: the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: the ending of mutual obligations between two people for money or quantities of fungible things usu. by operation of law but sometimes by an agreement …

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  • 53restitution — res·ti·tu·tion /ˌres tə tü shən, tyü / n 1 a: a restoration of something to its rightful owner b: a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury 2 a: the equitable remedy of restoring to an aggrieved party that which was obtained in… …

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  • 54retaliation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Returning like for like Nouns 1. retaliation, reprisal, requital, counterstroke, retribution, compensation, reciprocation, reciprocity, retort, counterattack, recrimination, tit for tat, give and take,… …

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  • 55pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… …

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  • 56vengeance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. retaliation, revenge; vengefulness; reprisal, retribution; nemesis. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. retribution, return, retaliation; see revenge 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. revenge, retaliation,… …

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  • 57return — /ri terrn /, v.i. 1. to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work. 2. to revert to a former owner: The money I gave him returns to me in the event of his death …

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  • 58Reward — Re*ward , n. [See {Reward}, v., and cf. {Regard}, n.] 1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Take reward of thine own value. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that… …

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  • 59reprisal — re·pri·sal /ri prī zəl/ n [Anglo French reprisaile reprisaille, from Middle French, from Old Italian ripresaglia, from ripreso, past participle of riprendere to take back, from ri back + prendere to take, from Latin prehendere] 1 a: the act or… …

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  • 60reprisal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. retaliation, revenge, requital, indemnity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. retribution, retaliation, paying back, counterattack; see revenge 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. retaliation, *eye for an eye …

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