Vengeance
['ven(d)ʒ(ə)ns] or ['vɛndʒəns]
Definition
(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; 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'.
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Definition
(n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.
(n.) Harm; mischief.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Avengement, retribution.[2]. Revenge, retaliation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Retribution, retaliation, revenge
ANT:Forgiveness, pardon, {[condoation]?}, amnesty, grace, remission, absolution,oblivion, indulgence, reprieve
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Examples
- Other vengeance than mine had followed that fated man from the theatre to his own door--from his own door to his refuge in Paris. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But how puny and harmless they now looked beside this huge and terrific incarnation of hate, of vengeance and of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Wreak your vengeance to the utmost, was my message to the green allies, for by night there will be none left to avenge your wrongs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is not violence that best overcomes hate--nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Their time is the day of vengeance; their signal, the word of the Lord of hosts, thundering with the voice of His excellency. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Vengeance and Jacques Three vied with each other in their fervent protestations that she was the most admirable and marvellous of witnesses. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And I call on you, spirits of the dead; and on you, wandering ministers of vengeance, to aid and conduct me in my work. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Vengeance stooped, and the jar of a drum was heard as she moved it at her feet behind the counter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I am indeed bound to vengeance, murmured Cedric; Saint Withold knows my heart. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The sisters in the convent used to tell me of a day of judgment, when everything is coming to light;--won't there be vengeance, then! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Follow me to the throne; we will reap vengeance where vengeance is deserved. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Louder yet, Vengeance, with a little oath or so added, and yet it will hardly bring her. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Kala punished, Tublat swore dire vengeance, and old Kerchak took notice and warned and threatened; but all to no avail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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