Retaliation vs Harm - What's the difference?
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Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
An act of violent response.
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Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
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, title= That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
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As nouns the difference between retaliation and harm
is that retaliation is violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice while harm is injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.As a verb harm is
to cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.retaliation
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(wikipedia harm)Noun
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- We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .