Penalty and Reprisal

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Penalty

Penalty noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.
Usage example: in some cases, the new penalties for drug offenses were harsher than those for violent crimes
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Reprisal and penalty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reprisal" instead a noun "Penalty".
Nearby Words: penalize, penance, penal, penalization, penalisation

Reprisal

Reprisal noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.
Usage example: after defeating them last year in the finals, our team nervously awaited the expected reprisal by our archrivals in this year's tournament
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Penalty and reprisal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Penalty" instead a noun "Reprisal".
Nearby Words: reprise, reprised, reprising

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common common penalty common reprisal
direct direct penalty direct reprisal
standard standard penalty standard reprisal
heavy heavy penalty heavy reprisal
Other adjectives: potential, final.
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