Vengement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Retribution; vengeance. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "Witnesse thereof he shew'd his head there left, / And wretched life forlorne for vengement of his theft."

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"Witnesse thereof he shew'd his head there left, / And wretched life forlorne for vengement of his theft."

Etymology

From Old French vengement.

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