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Meaning of 'revenge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Revenge [ n.]
- The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
- The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.
2 . Revenge [ v. i.]
- To take vengeance; -- with
3 . Revenge [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

Meaning of 'revenge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . revenge [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take revenge for a perceived wrong
Example in sentence:
  • He wants to avenge the murder of his brother

Nearby Words:

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