Retorsion

• abstract: Retorsion (French rétorsion, from Latin retortus (influenced by Late Latin, 1585–95, torsi, a twisting, wringing),The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. a phrase used in International Law is an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation or reprisal for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation.

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