reprisal
reprisal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- 2.The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. Vattel (Trans. )
- 3.Any act of retaliation. Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- and
- another
- back
- beau
- bit
- biter
- blow
- can
- cap
- catch
- coin
- compensation
- compliment
- counter
- counterplot
- courteous
- cut
- diamond
- even
- exchange
- for
- game
- garden
- give
- good
- hoist
- lex
- lite
- measure
- much
- off
- old
- one
- own
- par
- pay
- petard
- play
- pro
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is reprisal.
- What is anything taken from an enemy in retaliation called?
- What is the act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. Vattel (Trans. ) called?
- What is any act of retaliation. Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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