Revenge

Word REVENGE
Character 7
Hyphenation re venge
Pronunciations /ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Revenge"

What do we mean by revenge?

To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult). transitive verb

To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge. transitive verb

The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation. noun

A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness. noun

An opportunity to retaliate, as by a return sports match after a defeat. noun

Something done in retaliation, especially a defeat of a rival who has been victorious. noun

The act of revenging; the execution of vengeance; retaliation for wrongs real or fancied; hence, the gratification of vindictive feeling. noun

That which is done by way of vengeance; a revengeful or vindictive act; a retaliatory measure; a means of revenging one's self. noun

The desire to be revenged; the emotion which is aroused by an injury or affront, and which leads to retaliation; vindictiveness of mind. noun

Synonyms Revenge, Vengeance, Retribution, Retaliation, and Reprisal agree in expressing the visiting of evil upon others in return for their misdeeds. Revenge is the carrying out of a bitter desire to injure an enemy for a wrong done to one's self or to those who seem a part of one's self, and is a purely personal feeling. It generally has reference to one's equals or superiors, and the malignant feeling is all the more bitter when it cannot be gratified. Vengeance has an earlier and a later use. In its earlier use it may arise from no personal feeling, but may be visited upon a person for another's wrong as well as for his own. In the Scripture it means retribution with indignation. as in Rom. xii. 19: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord,” where it is a reservation for Jehovah of the offices of distributive and retributive justice. In its later use it involves the idea of wrathful retribution, whether just, unjust, or excessive; it is often a furious revenge: hence there is a general tendency to turn to other words to express just retribution, especially as an act of God. Retribution bears more in mind the amount of the wrong done, viewing it as a sort of loan whose equivalent is in some way paid back. Any evil result befalling the perpetrator of a bad deed in consequence of that deed is said to be a retribution, whether occurring by human intention or not; personal agency is not prominent in the idea of retribution. Retaliation combines the notion of equivalent return, which is found in retribution, with a distinctly personal agency and intention; sometimes, unlike the preceding words, it has a light sense for good humored teasing or banter. Reprisal is an act of retaliation in war, its essential point being the capture of something in return or as indemnification for pecuniary damage from the other side. The word has also a looser figurative meaning, amounting essentially to retaliation of any sort. See avenge, requital, and the definition of retorsion. noun

To take vengeance on account of; inflict punishment because of; exact retribution for; obtain or seek to obtain satisfaction for, especially with the idea of gratifying a sense of injury or vindictiveness: as, to revenge an insult.

To satisfy by taking vengeance; secure atonement or expiation to, as for an injury; avenge the real or fancied wrongs of; especially, to gratify the vindictive spirit of: as, to revenge one's self for rude treatment.

Synonyms Avenge, Revenge. See avenge.

To take vengeance.

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil. noun

The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury. noun

To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer. transitive verb

To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously. transitive verb

To take vengeance; -- with. intransitive verb

Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.

A win by a previous loser.

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The word "revenge" in example sentences

-- Let us revenge this with our pikes, ere we become rakes: for the gods know, I speak this in _hunger_ for bread, and not in _thirst_ for _revenge_. ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)

Im really excited but if the big thing is devastater and the main bad guy is megatron why is the title revenge of the fallen knowing that the fallen is a transformer ❋ Unknown (2009)

Roadsigns are spray-painted with the Hebrew word "revenge." ❋ Joshua Mitnick (2011)

Rights groups say hundreds of people are on trial in what they call a revenge move by the kingdom's Sunni rulers who put down anti-government protests led by the country's Shi'ite majority. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Now that's what I call a revenge flick - this sounds so awesome! ❋ Unknown (2010)

I consoled my daughter and told her revenge is a dish best served cold. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Custer says violence is at the core of what he calls a revenge society that now is Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Custer says the violence is at the core of what he calls a revenge society that now is Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And now my revenge is accomplished, and my vow kept, may not I have back the use of this poor left arm? ❋ Unknown (1901)

Police say the man enlisted a reputed hitman to kidnap St-Denis in what they call a revenge plot. ❋ Meghan Hurley (2010)

Now 'revenge' is at least as negative a word as 'vengeance', and it has also been used to describe a Jew's attitude. ❋ Laban (2005)

Any greenhorn corporate PR flack or political speech writer knows that the universally-accepted substitute for 'revenge' is 'justice'. ❋ Unknown (2001)

If she's not, Khan's main motive for revenge is gone, so is he still angry enough at what happens to Ceti Alpha V that he will want to chase Kirk 'round the moons of Nibia and' round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round Perdition's flames and hurt him and go on hurting him? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only character who's out for Kung fu-style revenge is Wu, a villain as nasty as Asia, if not moreso. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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