to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, esp. in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
2.
to take vengeance for; inflict punishment for; avenge: He revenged his brother's murder.
–verb (used without object)
3.
to take revenge.
–noun
4.
the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance.
5.
something done in vengeance.
6.
the desire to revenge; vindictiveness.
7.
an opportunity to retaliate or gain satisfaction.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME revengen (v.) < MF, OF revenger, equiv. to re-re-+ venger to avenge < L vindicāre; see vindicate]
—Related forms
re·venge·less, adjective
re·veng·er, noun
re·veng·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1.See avenge.4. requital. Revenge,reprisal,retribution,vengeance suggest a punishment, or injury inflicted in return for one received. Revenge is the carrying out of a bitter desire to injure another for a wrong done to oneself or to those who are felt to be like oneself: to plot revenge. Reprisal, formerly any act of retaliation, is used specifically in warfare for retaliation upon the enemy for its (usually unlawful) actions: to make a raid in reprisal for one by the enemy. Retribution suggests just or deserved punishment, often without personal motives, for some evil done: a just retribution for wickedness. Vengeance is usually wrathful, vindictive, furious revenge: implacable vengeance.
To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult).
To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge.
n.
The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation.
Something done in vengeance; a retaliatory measure.
A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness.
An opportunity to retaliate, as by a return sports match after a defeat.
[Middle English revengen, from Old French revengier : re-, re- + vengier, to take revenge (from Latin vindicāre, to avenge, from vindex, vindic-, avenger; see deik- in Indo-European roots).]
1375, from O.Fr. revengier, from re-, intensive prefix, + vengier "take revenge," from L. vindicare "to lay claim to, avenge, punish" (see vindicate).
To avenge is “to get revenge” or “to take vengeance”; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act. Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. ["The Columbia Guide to Standard American English," 1993]
harm done to another person in return for harm which he has done (to oneself or to someone else) Example: The man told the manager he would get/have his revenge / take revenge on the company for dismissing him; His revenge was to burn down the factory.
Arabic:
إنْتِقام، ثأْر
Chinese (Simplified):
报复
Chinese (Traditional):
報復
Czech:
pomsta
Danish:
hævn
Dutch:
wraak
Estonian:
kättemaks
Finnish:
kosto
French:
vengeance
German:
die Rache
Greek:
εκδίκηση
Hungarian:
megtorlás
Icelandic:
hefnd
Indonesian:
pembalasan
Italian:
vendetta
Japanese:
復しゅう
Korean:
보복, 앙갚음
Latvian:
atriebība
Lithuanian:
kerštas
Norwegian:
hevn
Polish:
zemsta
Portuguese (Brazil):
vingança
Portuguese (Portugal):
vingança
Romanian:
răzbunare
Russian:
месть
Slovak:
pomsta
Slovenian:
maščevanje
Spanish:
venganza
Swedish:
hämnd
Turkish:
intikam
revenge2[rəˈvendʒ]noun
the desire to do such harm Example: The man said he had burned down the factory out of revenge / in revenge for being dismissed.
Arabic:
رَغْبَةُ الإنْتِقام
Chinese (Simplified):
复仇心理
Chinese (Traditional):
復仇心理
Czech:
pomsta
Danish:
hævntørst
Dutch:
wraak
Estonian:
kättemaksuhimu
Finnish:
kostoksi
French:
vengeance; pour se venger de
German:
die Rachsucht
Greek:
δίψα για εκδίκηση
Hungarian:
bosszú(állás)
Icelandic:
hefnd
Indonesian:
keinginan membalas
Italian:
vendetta
Japanese:
復しゅう心
Korean:
복수심, 원한
Latvian:
atriebība
Lithuanian:
kerštas
Norwegian:
hevnlyst
Polish:
zemsta
Portuguese (Brazil):
vingança
Portuguese (Portugal):
vingança
Romanian:
(din) răzbunare; pentru a se răzbuna
Russian:
жажда мести
Slovak:
pomsta, odplata, odveta
Slovenian:
maščevanje
Spanish:
venganza
Swedish:
hämndlystnad
Turkish:
intikam arzusu
revenge[rəˈvendʒ]verb
(withon) to get (one's) revenge Example: He revenged himself on his enemies; I'll soon be revenged on you all.
A*venge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avenged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Avenging (?).] [OF. avengier; L. ad + vindicare to lay claim to, to avenge, revenge. See Vengeance.]1. To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. He will avenge the blood of his servants. --Deut. xxxii. 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. --Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. --Macaulay. 2. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. [Obs.] Thy judgment in avenging thine enemies. --Bp. Hall. Syn: To Avenge, Revenge. Usage: To avenge is to inflict punishment upon evil doers in behalf of ourselves, or others for whom we act; as, to avenge one's wrongs; to avenge the injuries of the suffering and innocent. It is to inflict pain for the sake of vindication, or retributive justice. To revenge is to inflict pain or injury for the indulgence of resentful and malicious feelings. The former may at times be a duty; the latter is one of the worst exhibitions of human character. I avenge myself upon another, or I avenge another, or I avenge a wrong. I revenge only myself, and that upon another. --C. J. Smith.
Re*ven"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revendicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Revendicating.][Cf. F. revendiquer. See Revenge.] To reclaim; to demand the restoration of. [R.] --Vattel (Trans.).
Re*venge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revenged, p. pr. & vb. n. Revenging.] [OF. revengier, F. revancher; pref. re- re- + OF. vengier to avenge, revenge, F. venger, L. vindicare. See Vindicate, Vengerance, and cf. Revindicate.]1. 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. To revenge the death of our fathers. --Ld. Berners. The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. --Dryden. Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. --Shak. 2. To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously. Syn: To avenge; vindicate. See Avenge.
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