reprise

Meanings

Plural: reprises

Verb

• repeat an earlier theme of a composition
• To take (something) up or on again.
• To repeat or resume an action or a role.
• To recompense; to pay.

Noun

• A recurrence or resumption of an action.
• A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
• A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.
• A taking by way of retaliation.
• Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
• A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
• In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.

Synonyms

compensate, recapitulate, reimburse, reiterate, repeat, reprize

Related Words

reprehend, reprieve, reprisal