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  1. 1. : with great force or vehemence. undertook reform with a vengeance. 2. : to an extreme or excessive degree. the tourists are back—with a vengeance. Synonyms. payback. reprisal. requital. retaliation. retribution. revenge. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of vengeance in a Sentence.

  2. noun. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance? Synonyms: retaliation, requital. Antonyms: forgiveness. an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance. the desire for revenge:

  3. noun [ U ] us / ˈven·dʒəns / Add to word list. action against someone to punish that person for having hurt you: She cried out for vengeance. (Definition of vengeance from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of vengeance. vengeance.

  4. noun [ U ] us / ˈven.dʒ ə ns / uk / ˈven.dʒ ə ns /. Add to word list. Add to word list. 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.

  5. vengeance. noun. /ˈvendʒəns/. /ˈvendʒəns/. [uncountable] (formal) Idioms. 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.

  6. the act of doing something bad to someone who has done something bad to you, or the feeling of wanting to do this: an act of vengeance. with a vengeance. If something happens with a vengeance, it happens a lot or in a very strong way: The disease swept across the country with a vengeance.

  7. noun. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life. “ Vengeance is mine” “"For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield” “he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him” synonyms: payback, retribution.

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