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   re·venge

   /rəˈvenj/

   noun

   • 1. the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands: "other spurned wives have taken public revenge on their husbands" Similar vengeanceretributionretaliationreprisalrequitalrecriminationan eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)tit for tatmeasure for measuregetting evenredresssatisfactionrepaymentpaybacklex talionisrare:ultion
   • ▪ the desire to inflict retribution: "it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge" Similar vengefulnessvindictivenessvitriolvirulencespitespitefulnessmalicemaliciousnessmalevolencemalignancyill willanimosityantipathyenmityhostilityacrimonyvenompoisonhatehatredrancorbitternessliterary:revengefulnessmaleficence
   • ▪ (in sports) the defeat of a person or team by whom one was beaten in a previous encounter: "the Yankees wanted to get their revenge for losing to the Dodgers in the 1955 Series"

   verb

   • 1. inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to (someone else): literary "it's a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister"
   • ▪ inflict hurt or harm on someone for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another): literary "her brother was slain, and she revenged his death" Similar avengetake/exact revenge formake retaliation forretaliate forexact retribution fortake reprisals forget redress forget satisfaction forrequite
   • ▪ inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself: literary "I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you" Similar take revenge onexact/wreak revenge onget one's revenge onavenge oneself ontake vengeance onget even withsettle a/the score withgetpay backpay outretaliate on/againsttake reprisals againstexact retribution onlet someone see how it feelsgive someone their just desertsgive someone a dose/taste of their own medicinegive as good as one getsgive/return like for likegive tit for tattake an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)informal:give someone their comeuppanceget one's own back onarchaic:recriminaterare:give someone a Roland for an Oliver

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French revencher, from late Latin revindicare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + vindicare ‘claim, avenge’.

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   noun. He sought revenge for the harm they had done him. Synonyms. vengeance. paying back. retaliation. reprisal. satisfaction. retribution. requital.

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   Synonyms for REVENGE: retaliation, requital, vengeance, retribution, reprisal, counterattack, tit for tat, nemesis; Antonyms for REVENGE: forgiveness, pardon, sympathy, excusing, forgive, pardon, condone, sympathize.