Synonyms & related words for reprisals

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Words related to reprisals

Explore words related to reprisals — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include retaliation, retorsion, retortion, retaliatory, talion, retaliative, retaliate, retribution. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does reprisals come from?

The word reprisals breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -pris, from Latin prehendo (“grasp, seize”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.