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Vendetta

//vɛnˈdɛtə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Revenge.
  2. 2
    a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other wordnet
  3. 3
    A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.

    "The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations."

  4. 4
    A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

    "personal vendetta"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

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