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- Dictionaryvengeance/ˈvɛn(d)ʒ(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong: "voters are ready to wreak vengeance on all politicians"
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the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen: The story features a woman who is evicted from her home and is seeking vengeance. As he cradled his daughter's lifeless body in his arms, he swore (to take) vengeance on her killers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of VENGEANCE is punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense : retribution. How to use vengeance in a sentence.
the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen: The story features a woman who is evicted from her home and is seeking vengeance. As he cradled his daughter's lifeless body in his arms, he swore (to take) vengeance on her killers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Vengeance is a downward spiral of pain and betrayal, one person hurting another, who hurts another, and so on. You might demand vengeance if your brother throws your favorite jeans into a tree, and your brother might feel the same way after you spit gum in his hair.
Vengeance is the act of killing, injuring, or harming someone because they have harmed you.
1. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like in return for an injury or other offense received; revenge. 2. an opportunity for or an instance of this. 3. the desire for revenge: to be full of vengeance. Idioms: with a vengeance, a. with violent force and rage. b. with extreme or excessive energy: to set to work with a vengeance.
Definition of vengeance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
VENGEANCE meaning: 1 : the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you or someone else; 2 : with great force or effort.
Vengeance is the act of killing, injuring, or harming someone because they have harmed you.
There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word vengeance, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
