8 Letter Words for Reprisal
reprisal
7 Letter Words for Reprisal
aspirer, larries, palsier, parlies, parrels, parries, praiser, railers, rapiers, raspier, repairs, rerails, sarpler, spirale
6 Letter Words for Reprisal
airers, ariels, ariser, aspire, espial, irreal, israel, laiser, lapies, lapser, lepras, lipase, lisper, pairer, paires, pairle, palier, pareil, parers, paries, parles, parrel, parser, pearls, pelias, perais, perils, persia, pilers, pliers, praise, prials, priers, prisal, priser, railer, railes, raiser, rapers, rapier, rasper, relais, repair, rerail, resail, ripers, risper, sailer, sairer, serail, serial, serrai, sierra, sirpea, sirple, sparer, sparre, spiler, spirae, spiral, spirea, sprier
5 Letter Words for Reprisal
aesir, airer, aisle, alisp, apers, apres, april, ariel, aries, arils, arise, arles, arrie, arris, arsle, asper, earls, elaps, epris, lairs, lapis, lapse, lapsi, lares, laris, laser, leaps, lears, leirs, lepas, lepra, lerps, liars, liers, lipse, pails, paire, pairs, paise, paler, pales, palis, parel, parer, pares, paris, parle, parli, parrs, parse, parsi, peals, pearl, pears, pelas, perai, peril, peris, piers, pilar, pilea, piler, piles, pirls, pleas, pleis, plias, plier, plies, prase, prela, presa, prial, prier, pries, raile, rails, raise, rales, raper, rapes, rares, raser, reais, reals, reaps, rears, relap, repas, repla, rials, riels, riles, ripal, riper, ripes, riser, salep, sapir, saple, sarip, selar, sepal, sepia, serai, seral, serra, siler, siper, sirra, slape, slare, slier, slipe, spaer, spail, spair, spale, spare, speal, spear, speil, speir, spial, spiel, spier, spile, spira, spire
4 Letter Words for Reprisal
aiel, aile, ails, aire, airs, alep, ales, alps, aper, apes, apis, apse, ares, aril, aris, arle, arri, earl, ears, eila, eira, epil, eral, eras, eria, eris, errs, iare, ilea, ipse, ires, irpe, isle, laer, lair, laps, lare, lari, lars, lase, leap, lear, leas, leir, leis, lepa, leps, lerp, liar, lias, lier, lies, lipa, lipe, lips, lira, lire, lisp, pail, pair, pais, pale, pali, pals, pare, pari, parl, parr, pars, pase, pasi, peai, peal, pear, peas, pela, peri, pers, pesa, pial, pias, pier, pies, pila, pile, pirl, pirr, pirs, pisa, pise, plea, plia, plie, pres, prie, psia, rail, rais, rale, rals, rape, raps, rare, rasp, real, reap, rear, repl, repr, reps, resp, rial, rias, riel, rier, ries, rile, ripa, ripe, rips, rise, risp, sail, saip, sair, sale, salp, sare, sari, seal, sear, seil, seir, serr, sial, sier, sila, sile, sipe, sire, slap, slip, spae, spar, spie
3 Letter Words for Reprisal
aer, aes, ail, air, ais, ale, alp, als, ape, apl, apr, are, arr, ars, ase, asl, asp, ear, eas, eir, ela, eli, els, epa, epi, era, err, ers, esp, esr, ile, ipl, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, isl, lai, lap, lar, las, lea, lei, lep, ler, les, lie, lip, lir, lis, pal, par, pas, pea, pel, per, pes, pia, pie, pil, pir, pis, pli, pre, prs, psi, rai, rap, ras, rea, rei, rel, rep, res, ria, rie, rip, rle, rps, sai, sal, sap, sar, sea, sei, sel, sep, ser, sie, sil, sip, sir, sla, sle, spa, spl, sri
Definitions for Reprisal
[1] (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
[2] an act or instance of retaliation.
[3] the action or practice of using force, short of war, against another nation, to secure redress of a grievance.
[4] the forcible seizure of property or subjects in retaliation.
[5] (often plural) retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime, such as the execution of prisoners of war, destruction of property, etc
[6] the act or an instance of retaliation in any form
[7] (formerly) the forcible seizure of the property or subjects of one nation by another
Words related to Reprisal
retribution, vengeance, retaliation, counterblow, requital, counterstroke
Words nearby Reprisal
repressor gene, reprieval, reprieve, reprimand, reprint, reprisal, reprise, repristinate, reprivatize, repro, repro proof
Origin of Reprisal
1400–50; late Middle English reprisail < Old French reprisaille. See reprise, -al2
Words that may be confused with Reprisal
reprisal, reprise
Other words from Reprisal
non·re·pris·al , noun
Word origin for Reprisal
C15: from Old French reprisaille , from Old Italian ripresaglia , from riprendere to recapture, from Latin reprehendere to hold fast; see reprehend
Synonyms for Reprisal
retaliation, retribution, vengeance, counterblow, requital, avengement, avenging, counterstroke, eye for an eye, paying back
