Retribution; a reprisal, punishment. rare after 17th cent. Occasionally: = letter of marque n. at sense 2.
| 单词 | θ93700 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution > reprisal (3) marque1419 Retribution; a reprisal, punishment. rare after 17th cent. Occasionally: = letter of marque n. at sense 2. reprisal1419 The action, practice, or right of seizing by force foreign nationals or their goods, in retaliation for loss or injury caused by them or by their… reprise1668 More generally: retaliation for a loss or injury; reprisal; an instance of this. rare and poetic after 18th cent. |
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