| Reprisal 1. (n.) The act of taking from or injuring an enemy as a retaliation for prior harm. 2. (n.) Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation. 3. (n.) 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. (n.) Any act of retaliation. Thesaurus Entries amends, avengement, avenging, blood feud, comeuppance, compensation, counterblow, desert, deserts, feud, getting even, indemnification, indemnity, just deserts, punishment, quittance, recompense, redress, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, retribution, revanche, revanchism, revenge, reward, sweet revenge, vendetta, vengeance, vindication, what is due, what is merited |