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ven⋅det⋅ta
[ven-det-uh]
–noun
| 1. | a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, esp. such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy. |
| 2. | any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like: a political vendetta. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Vendetta
Ven*det"ta\, n. [It.] A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Vendetta
Spanish:
vendetta, enemistad mortal,
German:
die Blutrache,
Japanese:
相互の復讐
vendetta
1855, from It. vendetta "a feud, blood feud," from L. vindicta "revenge" (see vindictive). Especially associated with Corsica.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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vendetta
a continuing state of conflict between two groups within a society (typically kinship groups) characterized by violence, usually killings and counterkillings. It exists in many nonliterate communities in which there is an absence of law or a breakdown of legal procedures and in which attempts to redress a grievance in a way that is acceptable to both parties have failed.
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