Counterplays [noun]
Definition of Counterplays:
retaliation for wrong, grievance
Synonyms of Counterplays:
● Retribution
● Attack
● Vengeance
● Reprisal
● Counterblow
● Return
● Malevolence
● Sortie
● Vengefulness
● Fight
● Satisfaction
● Spitefulness
● Requital
● Repayment
● Vindictiveness
● Rancor
● Animus
● Eye for an eye
● Ill will
● Measure for measure
● Tit for tat
● Implacability
● Counterinsurgency
● Avenging
● Ruthlessness
● Avengment
● Getting even
Opposite/Antonyms of Counterplays:
● Sympathy
● Pardon
● Forgiveness
Sentence/Example of Counterplays:
For now no sky overhung him, no human agency opposed him, no counterplay of stress and strife thrilled his blood.
It is in the play and counterplay of these new forces that the American literature of the twentieth century must measure itself.