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Definition of revenge :
1. The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
2. The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.
3. To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.
4. To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
5. To take vengeance; - with
Synonyms:
fall, malevolence, demolition, vindicate, rout, payback, forgiveness, hate, malice, hammering, animus, spitefulness, pardon, massacre, sortie, beating, measure for measure, repayment, spite, rancor, strike back, elimination, visit, requital, implacability, vengefulness, defeat, attack, vindictiveness, vendetta, drubbing, tit for tat, counterattack
punishment (part of speech: noun)
burden, castigation, penalty, crucifixion, correction, distress, agony, fine, forfeiture, punishment, verdict, imprisonment, confinement, price, incarceration, discipline, sentence, chastisement, judgment, persecution, reprisal, retribution, torture, payment, affliction, execution, anguish
retaliation (part of speech: noun)
reparation, response, reciprocation, counteraction, retaliation, vengeance, return
revenge (part of speech: verb)
comeback, restitute, turnabout is fair play, punish, restitution
retaliate (part of speech: verb)
counterblow, counter, redress, exchange, reprise, repay, retribute, respond, counteract, countercharge, retaliate, return fire, avenge, reciprocate, retort
Usage examples:
- Now, Sir Norman, that is all- you have heard my whole history as far as I know it; and nothing remains but to tell you what you must see yourself, that I am mad for revenge, and must have it, and you must help me! - "The Midnight Queen", May Agnes Fleming.
- Ever since that day I have lived only for revenge, and now, Prince Padema, the hour I have waited for is come." - "Revenge!", by Robert Barr.
- I shall be very busy for a while and may yet have my revenge, if I can poison some member of it with malaria germs. - "Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks", May Farinholt-Jones.