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vengeance

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venge⋅ance

[ven-juhns]
–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. with a vengeance,
a. with force or violence.
b. greatly; extremely.
c. to an unreasonable, excessive, or surprising degree: He attacked the job with a vengeance.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF, equiv. to vengi(er) to avenge (see venge ) + -ance -ance


1. requital, retaliation. See revenge.


1. forgiveness.
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ven·geance   (věn'jəns)   
n.  Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution.

[Middle English, from Old French, from vengier, to avenge, from Latin vindicāre; see vindicate.]
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Idioms & Phrases

vengeance

see with a vengeance.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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