vengeance
[noun]
Synonyms: revenge, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution

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Related Words: return, repayment, revengefulness, vengefulness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ven‧geance /ˈvendʒəns/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: venger 'to avenge', from Latin vindicare; ⇒ vindicate]

1. [uncountable] a violent or harmful action that someone does to punish someone for harming them or their family Synonym : revenge:
a desire for vengeance
a vow of vengeance
an act of vengeance

2. with a vengeance with great force or more effort than before:
The music started up again with a vengeance.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

vengeance
noun
ADJ. terrible
VERB + VENGEANCE exact, take, wreak She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.
be bent on, demand, seek, swear, vow, want He stormed out, eyes blazing, bent on vengeance.
PREP. ~ against They sought vengeance against the countries that had humiliated France in 1814.
~ for vengeance for the murder of the princess
~ on He silently vowed vengeance on them all.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲