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unretaliating

unretaliating adjective: not engaging in retaliation.

Adjective

unretaliating (comparative more unretaliating, superlative most unretaliating)

  1. Not engaging in retaliation.

Forms of unretaliating

comparativemore unretaliating
superlativemost unretaliating

Origin of unretaliating

From un- + retaliating.

Questions about unretaliating

What does unretaliating mean?
Unretaliating means not engaging in retaliation.
What part of speech is unretaliating?
Unretaliating is an adjective.

Words near unretaliating in the dictionary

  1. unresuscitable
  2. unresuscitated
  3. unretainable
  4. unretained
  5. unretaliated
  6. unretaliating
  7. unretaliative
  8. unretaliatory
  9. unretardable
  10. unretardant
  11. unretarded

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