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Vengeance

//ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. countable, uncountable

    "All the gods have mocked at prayer. This sin must now be punished by the vengeance of men."

  2. 2
    the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life wordnet
  3. 3
    Desire for revenge. countable, uncountable

    "Thereupon full of anger, full of jealousy, full of vengeance, she forms […] a scheme of retribution, […]"

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.

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