lex talionis

Noun

Meaning

lex talionis

law of equivalent retaliation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

retaliation reciprocity restitution atonement reparation rectification indemnification tit for tat quid pro quo revengeance ultion

Examples

It is state law—self-help, blood-feud, and marriage by capture, are all absent; though code of family solidarity, district responsibility, ordeal, and the lex talionis (an eye for an eye), are primitive features that remain. Source: Internet

The code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" ( lex talionis ) citation as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lex lex lata lex naturalis Lexa lexacalcitol Lexana