Reprisal and Substitution

Reprisal

Reprisal noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.

Substitution and reprisal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Substitution" instead a noun "Reprisal".

Nearby Words: reprise, reprised, reprising

Substitution

Substitution noun - The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help".
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Synonyms for Substitution

Reprisal and substitution are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reprisal" instead a noun "Substitution".

How words are described

common common reprisal common substitution
brief brief reprisal brief substitution
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