vengeance
ven·geance
noun
1.
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
- “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” -Romans 12:19
- “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”
- “the swiftness of divine retribution”
Origin
From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.
Phrases
- belly vengeance
- pinch-belly vengeance
- whip-belly vengeance
- whistle-belly vengeance
- with a vengeance
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