"Retaliatory violence" refers to acts of aggression or harm taken by someone as a response or revenge for a previous attack or offense against them. Full definition
May all who suffer oppression in this world reject the self - defeating method of retaliatory violence and choose the method that seeks to redeem. (religion-online.org)
Claiborne writes: «Jesus admonishes us not engage in retaliatory violence at all — not to take an eye or a tooth or a limb, ever.» (firstthings.com)
On the cross Jesus incorporated the suffering of all victims of the world's oppression, while completely repudiating the tempting solution of retaliatory violence. (religion-online.org)