Legal Definition and Related Resources of Revenge

Meaning of Revenge

Synonyms of Revenge

noun

avengement
counterblast
counterstroke
desert
feud
implacability
nemesis
punishment
punitive action
quittance
reciprocation
repayment
reprisal
requital
retaliation
retaliatory punishment
retribution
retributive punishment
revengefulness
satisfaction
ultiff
vendetta
vengeance
vengefulness
vindicta
vindictiveness

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Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Revenge

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late 14c., from Old French revengier, variant of revenchier “take revenge, avenge” (13c., Modern French revancher), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + vengier “take revenge,” from Latin vindicare “to lay claim to, avenge, punish” (see vindicate). To avenge is “to get revenge” or “to take vengeance”; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act. Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. [”The Columbia Guide to Standard American English,” 1993]

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