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revenge

  • noun
  • re·venge
  • /ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

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

Example

“Indifference is the sweetest revenge.”

Other meanings

  1. A win by a previous loser.

Synonyms

  • retaliation

Example sentences

  • “Those who are stung by wasps take their revenge on grasshoppers.”

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Word history

From Latin "vindicō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “revenge” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.