What does "avenge" mean?

An act of vengeance; a revenge.

What is a synonym for "avenge"?

Common synonyms include: retaliate, avengement, avenges, avenging, chasten, chastise.

/əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

Verb

1
To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. transitive
"to avenge the murder of his brother"
2
take revenge for a perceived wrong wordnet
3
To revenge oneself (on or upon someone). reflexive
4
To take vengeance. intransitive, obsolete
"Thou shalt not auenge nor beare any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thy selfe: I am the Lord."
5
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. archaic, transitive
"thy judgment in avenging thine enemies"

"He will avenge the people on their oppressor."

From Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- (“upon”) + vengier, from Latin vindicō, vindicāre.