vengeance (noun)
1vengeance — ► NOUN ▪ punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong. ● with a vengeance Cf. ↑with a vengeance ORIGIN Old French, from venger avenge …
2vengeance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ terrible VERB + VENGEANCE ▪ exact, take, wreak ▪ She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin. ▪ …
3vengeance — noun 1 (U) something violent or harmful that you do to someone in order to punish them for harming you, your family etc: Hamlet is driven by a desire for vengeance after his father is killed. 2 with a vengeance if something is done with a… …
4vengeance — noun your appetite for vengeance has destroyed your life with a vengeance Syn: revenge, retribution, retaliation, payback, requital, reprisal, satisfaction, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) …
5vengeance — I noun avengement, enmity, implacability, malevolence, nemesis, punishment, rancor, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, retributive punishment, revenge, revengefulness, ultio, vendetta, vengefulness, vindicta, vindictiveness II index… …
6vengeance — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from venger to avenge, from Latin vindicare to lay claim to, avenge more at vindicate Date: 14th century punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense ; retribution …
7vengeance — noun /ˈvɛnˌdʒəns/lang=en Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. Syn: reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge Ant: reconciliation …
8vengeance — noun Syn: revenge, retribution, retaliation, requital, reprisal, an eye for an eye Ant: forgiveness …
9vengeance — ven|geance [ vendʒəns ] noun uncount the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you: REVENGE: Both sides were locked in a cycle of violence and vengeance. take/wreak/inflict vengeance on someone: He was… …
10vengeance — UK [ˈvendʒ(ə)ns] / US [ˈvendʒəns] noun [uncountable] the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you Both sides were locked in a cycle of violence and vengeance. take/wreak/inflict vengeance on someone: He was… …
