1
as in reparation
usually reprisals plural
payment to another for a loss or injury
a peace agreement that was rejected because it contained no provisions for reprisals
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as in retaliation
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
after defeating them last year in the finals, our team nervously awaited the expected reprisal by our archrivals in this year's tournament
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Recent Examples of reprisal
Pause Protocol Interface: A frontline tool that lets workers flag questionable AI outputs—anonymously, without fear of reprisal—restoring agency to the edge of the system.
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Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
These societies inevitably fail and are never as productive and successful as countries where freedom of thought and expression are not stubbed out via fear of reprisal.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
That dream is complicated by a mob rivalry with many reprisals and corpses by the dozen.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
The description of Israel’s reprisals in Gaza after the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, as genocide has been highly contentious.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2025
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Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
These societies inevitably fail and are never as productive and successful as countries where freedom of thought and expression are not stubbed out via fear of reprisal.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
That dream is complicated by a mob rivalry with many reprisals and corpses by the dozen.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
The description of Israel’s reprisals in Gaza after the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, as genocide has been highly contentious.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprisal
Noun
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Therefore, no additional legal obligations exist that may create a call for reparations or action not directly negotiated.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The problem is rooted in the historic catastrophe visited upon European Jews — and the historic reparations negotiated on survivors’ behalf.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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Based on Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Nautilus follows Nemo’s mission to exact revenge on the East India Mercantile Company.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In the John Wick saga, ironically, Reeves plays a former hitman seeking revenge after his home was burglarized (and his dog killed).—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Some have theorized that the disappearance was an extreme publicity stunt to promote Christie’s work, or an act of retribution against her husband.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
24 July 2025
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Some fear the move could become a tool for political retribution, taking aim at groups serving immigrants and transgender youth.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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“Reprisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprisal. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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