reprisal
English
editEtymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪzəl
Noun
editreprisal (countable and uncountable, plural reprisals)
- An act of retaliation.
- (archaic) Something taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- (archaic) The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:revenge
Translations
editretaliation
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