vengeance
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dʒəns noun
1.
infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance?
2.
an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
3.
the desire for revenge: a man full of vengeance.
4.
Obsolete. hurt; injury.
5.
Obsolete. curse; imprecation.
6.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of or desire for taking revenge; retributive punishment |
| 2. | with a vengeance (intensifier): the 70's have returned with a vengeance |
| [C13: from Old French, from venger to avenge, from Latin vindicāre to punish; see | |
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Word Origin & History
vengeance
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. vengeaunce, O.Fr. vengeance "revenge," from vengier "take revenge," from L. vindicare "to set free, claim, avenge" (see vindicate).
"Vengeance is mine, ... saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head." [Paul to the Romans, xii:19-20]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Where in the old there is vengeance and retribution there is forgiveness in the new.
After a decades-long reprieve, bed bugs have returned with a vengeance, plaguing rich and poor alike.
Little did he know that he would drive smack into the middle of an angry mob looking for vengeance.
Many armed demonstrators expressed anger and demanded vengeance.
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