3
contention(noun, support, action, event, fight)
3
corrective(noun, medicine, fix, medication, relief)
3
counterpoise(noun, feeling, return, attitude, balance)
3
dissent(noun, defiance)
3
hindrance(noun, support, opposition, resistance, fighting)
3
insurgency(noun, defiance, counter-attack)
3
measure for measure(noun, expression, idiom, act, attack)
3
protest(noun, opposition)
3
recalcitrance(noun, defiance)
3
renitency(noun, resistance)
3
repercussion(noun, feeling, return, attitude, answer)
3
restitution(noun, revenge)
3
tit for tat(noun, expression, act, attack, trade)
2
antidote(noun, medicine, fix, medication, relief)
2
antipathy
2
check(noun, support, cover, fight, struggle)
2
clash(noun, action, event, fight, struggle)
2
confrontation(noun, opposition, defiance)
2
contest(noun, action, event, fight, struggle)
2
contraposition(noun, action, split, struggle, disagreement)
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