Retaliate, rē-tal′i-āt, v.t. to return like for like: to repay.—v.i. to return like for like.—n. Retaliā′tion, act of retaliating: 'lex talionis:' retribution.—adjs. Retal′iātive, Retal′iātory, returning like for like. [L. retaliāre, -ātum—re-, in return, talio, -onis, like for like—talis, of such a kind.]
Retama, re-tä′mä, or re-tā′mä, n. a group of yellow-flowered shrubs, with rush-like branches.
Retard, rē-tärd′, v.t. to keep back: to delay: to defer.—adj. Retar′dant.—n. Retardā′tion, delay: hinderance: obstacle: (phys.) a continuous decrement in velocity: in acoustics, the distance by which one wave is behind another: (mus.) the act of diminishing the rate of speed: (teleg.) decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.—adjs. Retar′dātive, tending or serving to retard; Retar′dātory.—ns. Retar′der; Retard′ment.—Retardation of mean solar time, the change of the sun's right ascension in a sidereal day. [Fr.,—L. retardāre—re-, inten., tardāre, to make slow—tardus, slow.]
Retch, rech, v.i. to try to vomit: to strain: to reach. [A.S. hrǽcan—hrǽc, a cough; Ice. hrækja.]
Retchless, rech′les, adj. (obs.) reckless.—adv. Retch′lessly.—n. Retch′lessness.
Rete, rē′tē, n. a network of blood-vessels, a plexus.—adjs. Retē′cious; Rē′tial.
Retection, rē-tek′shun, n. the act of disclosing something concealed.
Retell, rē-tel′, v.t. to tell again.
Retention, rē-ten′shun, n. act or power of retaining: memory: restraint: custody: preservation: (med.) power of retaining, inability to void: (Scots law) a lien, the right of withholding a debt until a debt due to the claimant is paid.—n. Retent′, that which is retained.—adj. Reten′tive, having power to retain.—adv. Reten′tively.—ns. Reten′tiveness, Retentiv′ity; Reten′tor, a muscle which serves to retain an organ in place.—Magnetic retentiveness, coercive force.
Retepore, rē′te-pōr, n. a coral of the genus Reteporidæ.