vengeance
[ven-juh ns]
-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.
-idiom
6. with a vengeance,
- with force or violence.
- greatly; extremely.
- 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
Synonyms:
1. requital, retaliation. See revenge.
Antonyms:
1. forgiveness.
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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