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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

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