Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Reprisal

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Reprinter
Next Entry
Reprise
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(1):

(n.) Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

(2):

(n.) The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Reprisal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/reprisal.html. 1828.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile