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tal·i·on  audio  (tl-n) KEY 

NOUN:
A punishment identical to the offense, as the death penalty for murder.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English talioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin tli, tlin-; see tel- in Indo-European roots


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