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vengeance (noun)

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  • vengeance — ► NOUN ▪ punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong. ● with a vengeance Cf. ↑with a vengeance ORIGIN Old French, from venger avenge …   English terms dictionary

  • vengeance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ terrible VERB + VENGEANCE ▪ exact, take, wreak ▪ She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • vengeance — noun 1 (U) something violent or harmful that you do to someone in order to punish them for harming you, your family etc: Hamlet is driven by a desire for vengeance after his father is killed. 2 with a vengeance if something is done with a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • vengeance — noun your appetite for vengeance has destroyed your life with a vengeance Syn: revenge, retribution, retaliation, payback, requital, reprisal, satisfaction, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • vengeance — I noun avengement, enmity, implacability, malevolence, nemesis, punishment, rancor, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, retributive punishment, revenge, revengefulness, ultio, vendetta, vengefulness, vindicta, vindictiveness II index… …   Law dictionary

  • vengeance — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from venger to avenge, from Latin vindicare to lay claim to, avenge more at vindicate Date: 14th century punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense ; retribution …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vengeance — noun /ˈvɛnˌdʒəns/lang=en Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. Syn: reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge Ant: reconciliation …   Wiktionary

  • vengeance — noun Syn: revenge, retribution, retaliation, requital, reprisal, an eye for an eye Ant: forgiveness …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • vengeance — ven|geance [ vendʒəns ] noun uncount the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you: REVENGE: Both sides were locked in a cycle of violence and vengeance. take/wreak/inflict vengeance on someone: He was… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • vengeance — UK [ˈvendʒ(ə)ns] / US [ˈvendʒəns] noun [uncountable] the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you Both sides were locked in a cycle of violence and vengeance. take/wreak/inflict vengeance on someone: He was… …   English dictionary

  • vengeance — /ˈvɛndʒəns / (say venjuhns) noun 1. the avenging of wrong, injury, or the like, or retributive punishment. 2. infliction of injury or suffering in requital for wrong done or other cause of bitter resentment. –phrase 3. with a vengeance, a. with… …  

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