Crossword-Solution: TALION
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Talion | n. | Retaliation. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TALION | anagram | ALTINO, ITALON, LATINO, LIONAT, NAILTO, NOLITA, NOTAIL |
We have 4 clues for the answer “TALION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Mosaic law of "eye for eye, tooth for tooth." | 1 answer |
| principle of making punishment correspond to the crime | 1 answer |
| Eye for an eye, e.g. | 2 answers |
| retaliation | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with TALION (5)
Then the chiefs of the Companions urged the plaintiffs to accept the blood-wit and deserve the thanks of the folk; but they both refused and would accept nothing save the talion.
The echo of that mighty burst of laughter must have rung from Calabria to the Alps, and well may it have filled the handsome weakling who was the object of its cruel ridicule with a talion fury.
His hostess saw these movements with satisfaction: he had appeased her personal indignation, but her soul was not hospitable towards him, and the devil in her was gratified with the sight of his discomposure: she hankered after talion, not waited on penitence.
Rends le bien pour le mal, c'est le vrai talion, Mais, t'étant bien bardé le coeur d'orgueil robuste, Va! calme comme un sage et seul comme un lion.
Then the chiefs of the Companions were instant with the plaintiffs to accept the bloodwit and win the thanks of the folk, but they refused and would nothing but the talion.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1962–1988).