Reprisal
//ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl//
"Reprisal" in a Sentence (3 examples)
General Jackson vowed a reprisal for the death of his men.
You have a right to speak up about mistreatment without fear of reprisal.
debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place
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