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antiretaliatory

antiretaliatory adjective: preventing retaliation.

Adjective

antiretaliatory (not comparable)

  1. Preventing retaliation.
    • an antiretaliatory statute protecting whistleblowers

Origin of antiretaliatory

From anti- + retaliatory.

Questions about antiretaliatory

What does antiretaliatory mean?
Antiretaliatory means preventing retaliation.
What part of speech is antiretaliatory?
Antiretaliatory is an adjective.

Words near antiretaliatory in the dictionary

  1. antirestriction
  2. antirestrictionism
  3. antirestrictionist
  4. antirestrictionists
  5. antiretaliation
  6. antiretaliatory
  7. antireticular
  8. antiretinal
  9. antiretroviral
  10. antiretrovirally
  11. antiretrovirals

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