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1. (n.) vengeance
infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like in return for an injury or other offense received; revenge.
2. vengeance
an opportunity for or an instance of this.
3. vengeance
the desire for revenge:
to be full of vengeance.
4. vengeance
with violent force and rage.
5. vengeance
with extreme or excessive energy:
to set to work with a vengeance.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF, =vengi(er) to avenge (< L vindicāre; see vindicate ) +-ance -ance)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) vengeance, retribution, payback
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
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1. (noun) vengeance
revenge
to take vengeance on sb
2. vengeance
with a vengeance
in an extreme or determined way
a virus that swept through the town with a vengeance
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) vengeance
punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge
2. (noun) vengeance
harm; mischief
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Sense: harm done in return for injury received; revenge.
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 Afrikaans: wraak |
 Arabic: إنْتِقام |
 Bulgarian: мъст |
 Brazilian: vingança |
 Czech: pomsta |
 German: die Rache |
 Danish: hævn |
 Greek: εκδίκηση |
 Spanish: venganza |
 Estonian: kättemaks |
 Farsi: انتقام |
 Finnish: kosto |
 French: vengeance |
 Hebrew: נְקָמָה |
 Hindi: प्रतिहिंसा |
 Croatian: osveta |
 Hungarian: bosszú |
 Indonesian: pembalasan |
 Icelandic: hefnd |
 Italian: vendetta |
 Japanese: 復讐 |
 Korean: 복수, 원수 |
 Lithuanian: kerštas |
 Latvian: atriebība |
 Malay: balas dendam |
 Dutch: wraak |
 Norwegian: hevn |
 Polish: zemsta |
 Portuguese: vingança |
 Romanian: răzbunare |
 Russian: месть |
 Slovak: pomsta |
 Slovenian: maščevanje |
 Serbian: osveta |
 Swedish: hämnd |
 Thai: การแก้แค้น |
 Turkish: intikam,öç |
 Taiwanese: 報仇, 報復 |
 Ukrainian: помста |
 Urdu: انتقام |
 Vietnamese: sự báo thù |
 Chinese: 报仇，复仇 |
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