📖 Definitions of "Reprisal"
noun
- 1
An act of retaliation.
- 2
Something taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- 3
The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| retaliatory | Relating to or part of a retaliation. |
| vengeancenoun | Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. |
| vengeful | Vindictive or wanting vengeance. |
| revengeful | Vengeful, vindictive. |
| revengenoun | Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. |
| retaliateverb | (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront. |
| retributionnoun | Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. |
| retaliationnoun | Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge. |
| tit-for-tat | Having the characteristic of returning bad for bad. |
| punishmentnoun | The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after. |
| recriminationnoun | A counter or mutual accusation. |
| responsenoun | An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply. |
| persecutionnoun | The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution. |
| victimisationnoun | Alternative spelling of victimization. [An act that victimizes or exploits someone.] |
| suppressionnoun | The act or instance of suppressing. |
| victimizationnoun | An act that victimizes or exploits someone. |
| backlashnoun | (figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature. |
| retorsionnoun | (law) An act of retaliation taken by one nation against another as a reprisal. |
| reprisenoun | (music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical. |
| repaymentnoun | The act of repaying. |
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