RETORTING Synonyms

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

• characterized by active hostility

• be in contradiction with

• deny the truth of

• be resistant to

• prove negative; show to be false

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• coming into conflict with

• take exception to

• have a disagreement over something

• (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

• evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

• argue over petty things

• overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

• prove to be false or incorrect

• act, feel, or give mutually or in return

• alternate the direction of motion of

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

• react verbally

• show a response or a reaction to something

• react verbally

• respond favorably or as hoped

• take revenge for a perceived wrong

• make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge

• make a return thrust

• answer back

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

• a coming to or returning home

• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

• getting something back again

• the act of going back to a prior location

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• happening again (especially at regular intervals)

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

• a reciprocal group action

• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

• the act of someone appearing again

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

• give back

• go back to a previous state

• go back to something earlier

• bring back to the point of departure

• return in kind

• make a return

• answer back

• be restored

• pay back

• pass down

• elect again

• be inherited by

• return to a previous position; in mathematics

• give or supply

• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge

• make a return thrust

• answer back

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time