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- DictionaryVenge·ance/ˈvenjəns/
noun
- 1. punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong: "voters are ready to wreak vengeance on all politicians"
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.
What does vengeance mean? Vengeance is a desire for revenge — retaliation against or punishment of someone for some kind of harm that they caused or wrongdoing that they did (whether real or perceived).
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.
the act of punishing or harming somebody in return for what they have done to you, your family or friends synonym revenge. a desire for vengeance. vengeance on/upon somebody to take vengeance on somebody. She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin. He swore vengeance on his child's killer.
