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1. (v.t.) revenge
to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, esp. in a vindictive spirit:
to revenge a murdered brother.
2. revenge
to inflict pain or harm for; take vengeance for; avenge:
to revenge a son's murder.
3. (n.) revenge
the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance.
4. revenge
something done in vengeance.
5. revenge
the desire to revenge; vindictiveness.
6. revenge
an opportunity to retaliate or gain satisfaction.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF, OF revenger=re-re - +venger to avenge< L vindicāre)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) retaliation, revenge
action taken in return for an injury or offense
2. (verb) revenge, avenge, retaliate
take revenge for a perceived wrong
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
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1. (noun) revenge
when sb does sth bad to sb who has done sth bad to them
a plan to get revenge on her ex-lover
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| Definition of 'revenge' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) revenge
the act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil
2. (noun) revenge
the disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury
3. (verb) revenge
to inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer
4. (verb) revenge
to inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously
5. (verb) revenge
to take vengeance; -- with
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Sense: harm done to another person in return for harm which he has done (to oneself or to someone else)
The man told the manager he would get/have his revenge / take revenge on the company for dismissing him; His revenge was to burn down the factory.
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 Afrikaans: wraak |
 Arabic: إنْتِقام، ثأْر |
 Bulgarian: отмъщение |
 Brazilian: vingança |
 Czech: pomsta |
 German: die Rache |
 Danish: hævn |
 Greek: εκδίκηση |
 Spanish: venganza |
 Estonian: kättemaks |
 Farsi: انتقام؛ خونخواهی |
 Finnish: kosto |
 French: vengeance |
 Hebrew: נֶקָמָה |
 Hindi: प्रतिशोध |
 Croatian: osveta, odmazda |
 Hungarian: megtorlás |
 Indonesian: pembalasan |
 Icelandic: hefnd |
 Italian: vendetta |
 Japanese: 復しゅう |
 Korean: 복수 |
 Lithuanian: kerštas |
 Latvian: atriebība |
 Malay: membalas kejahatan |
 Dutch: wraak |
 Norwegian: hevn |
 Polish: zemsta |
 Persian: انتقام؛ خونخواهی |
 Pashto: كسات، غچ،بدله، كينه رخه |
 Portuguese: vingança |
 Romanian: răzbunare |
 Russian: месть |
 Slovak: pomsta |
 Slovenian: maščevanje |
 Serbian: osveta |
 Swedish: hämnd |
 Thai: การแก้แค้น |
 Turkish: intikam |
 Taiwanese: 報復 |
 Ukrainian: помста, відплата |
 Urdu: انتقام |
 Vietnamese: sự trả thù |
 Chinese: 报复 |
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