counterplay vs reprise

counterplay

noun
  • A game move made as a response. 

  • A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game. 

  • A counterattack in a different part of the board. 

verb
  • To make a counterplay; to play in response. 

  • To counter; to contrast or contradict. 

reprise

noun
  • 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 renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position. 

  • 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 ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate. 

  • A recurrence or resumption of an action. 

  • In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle. 

verb
  • To repeat or resume an action 

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