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Definition of 'nemesis'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) nemesis
a source or cause of harm or failure.

2.  nemesis
an unconquerable opponent or rival.

3.  nemesis
(cap.) the ancient Greek goddess of divine retribution.

4.  nemesis
an agent or act of retribution.

Etymology: (1575–85; < L < Gk)

Definition of 'nemesis'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Nemesis
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance

2. (noun) bane, curse, scourge, nemesis
something causing misery or death
"the bane of my life"

Definition of 'nemesis'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) nemesis
the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance

Definitions of 'nemesis'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. nemesis
in the Greek imagination, the executioner of divine vengeance on evil-doers, conceived of as incarnated in the fear which precedes and the remorse which accompanies a guilty action.

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