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Meaning of 'vengeance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vengeance [ n.]
- Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.
- Harm; mischief.

Meaning of 'vengeance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vengeance [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Example in sentence:
  • For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge;
  • he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him;
  • the swiftness of divine retribution;
  • Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord

Nearby Words:

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