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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| talion |
| SYLLABICATION: | tal·i·on |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t l  - n |
| NOUN: | A punishment identical to the offense, as the death penalty for murder. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English talioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin t li , tlin-. See tel- in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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