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revenge

re·venge

UK/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ US/ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

action taken in return for an injury or offense

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verb

1.

take revenge for a perceived wrong

  • “He wants to avenge the murder of his brother”
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Origin

From Middle French revenge, a derivation from revenger, from Old French revengier (possibly influenced by Old Occitan revènge (“revenge, comeback”), from Old Occitan revenir (“to come back”)), a variant of Middle French revancher (whence deverbal French revanche), from Old French revenchier. The variants Old French vengier (whence French venger) and Old French venchier are both descended from Latin vindicō, with stress-conditioned different parallel development in the inflectional forms. Doublet of revanche. Compare avenge and vengeance.

Phrases

  • get back at somebody
  • get one's own back
  • Montezuma's revenge
  • Pharaoh's revenge
  • revenge buying
  • revenge drama
  • revenge is a dish best served cold
  • revenge is sweet
  • revenge porn
  • revenge quitting

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