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vengeance

[ven-juhns]

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noun

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?

an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.

the desire for revenge: a man full of vengeance.

Obsolete. hurt; injury.

Obsolete. curse; imprecation.

Idiom

with a vengeance,

with force or violence.

greatly; extremely.

to an unreasonable, excessive, or surprising degree: He attacked the job with a vengeance.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French, equivalent to vengi(er) to avenge (see venge) + -ance -ance

Synonyms
1. requital, retaliation. See revenge.

Antonyms
1. forgiveness.

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vengeance (ˈvɛndʒəns)

—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 vindicate]

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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).

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"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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Idioms & Phrases

vengeance

see with a vengeance.

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