vengeance
noun [U] /ˈven.dʒəns/Definition
› the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen: On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of vengeance. As he cradled his daughter's lifeless body in his arms, he swore (to take) vengeance on her killers.Revenge and vengefulness
(Definition of vengeance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge verb
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- fix verb (PUNISH)
- get even with sb idiom
- get sb back phrasal verb
- have half a mind/a good mind to do sth idiom
- hit back phrasal verb
- pay sb back phrasal verb
- reprisal noun
- retaliate verb
- revenge noun
- revenge verb
- revengeful adjective
- settle an (old) score idiom
- settle an account idiom
- tit for tat noun
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeful adjective
- vindictive adjective
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