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 Definitions of reprisal  [ɪˈpraɪ zəl]  

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Definition of 'reprisal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) reprisal
retaliation against an enemy by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.

2.  reprisal
an act or instance of retaliation.

3.  reprisal
the action or practice of using countermeasures against another nation to secure redress of a grievance.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME reprisail < OF reprisaille. See reprise , -al2)

Definition of 'reprisal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) reprisal
a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
Definition of 'reprisal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) reprisal
the act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity

2. (noun) reprisal
anything taken from an enemy in retaliation

3. (noun) reprisal
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

4. (noun) reprisal
any act of retaliation
Translation of 'reprisal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something bad done to someone in return for something bad he has done to one; an act of revenge.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: terugkry, wraak Arabic flag Arabic: عَمَل إنْتِقامي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: наказателно действие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: represália Czech flag Czech: odveta German flag German: die Vergeltungsmaßnahme
Danish flag Danish: gengældelse Greek flag Greek: αντίποινα Spanish flag Spanish: represalia
Estonian flag Estonian: kättemaks Farsi flag Farsi: خونخواهی؛ انتقام Finnish flag Finnish: kostotoimi
French flag French: représailles Hebrew flag Hebrew: פְּעוּלַת תַּגמוּל Hindi flag Hindi: बदला
Croatian flag Croatian: odmazda, milo za drago Hungarian flag Hungarian: megtorlás Indonesian flag Indonesian: pembalasan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: refsiaðgerð Italian flag Italian: rappresaglia Japanese flag Japanese: 報復
Korean flag Korean: 보복 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atkeršijimas, atsakomasis Latvian flag Latvian: atmaksa; atriebība
Malay flag Malay: balas dendam Dutch flag Dutch: represaille Norwegian flag Norwegian: gjengjeldelsesaksjon, rep
Polish flag Polish: odwet Persian flag Persian: خونخواهی؛ انتقام Pashto flag Pashto: يرغمل، بده ، غچ ، كسات بي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: represália Romanian flag Romanian: represalii Russian flag Russian: ответная мера
Slovak flag Slovak: odveta Slovenian flag Slovenian: maščevanje Serbian flag Serbian: odmazda
Swedish flag Swedish: vedergällning, repressali Thai flag Thai: การแก้แค้น Turkish flag Turkish: misilleme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 報復(行動) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дія у відповідь Urdu flag Urdu: انتقامی کاررواءی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự trả thù Chinese flag Chinese: 报复

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