vengeance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
All the gods have mocked at prayer. This sin must now be punished by the vengeance of men.
1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 28:Penn: I don't want to invest in the conversation, not that I don't have it privately, about my feelings about what direct action should happen to a leader who does that, but if there is a God, there will be vengeance beyond all possible comprehension. Hannity: "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord", quoted in a very famous book.
2022 April 5, Sean Hannity, Sean Penn, 22:33 from the start, in Sean Penn joins Sean Hannity to discuss Russian invasion of Ukraine (Hannity), Fox News, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2022:My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions; loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son; husband to a murdered wife; and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
2000, Gladiator (film):
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(countable, uncountable) Desire for revenge.
Thereupon full of anger, full of jealousy, full of vengeance, she forms […] a scheme of retribution, […]
1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:Are they full of vengeance[?], because they say that people with vengeance in their hearts must dig two graves, one for their enemy and the other for themselves.
2011, James Calloway, Black America, Not in This America, →ISBN:If her husband was all forgiveness, asking the bands to play “Dixie,” she was full of vengeance […]
2008, Jean Harvey Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vengeances | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| vengeaunce | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
revengeance · with a vengeance · whip-belly vengeance · countervengeance · pinch-belly vengeance · belly vengeance · whistle-belly vengeance
Relateds
Synonyms
revenge · retaliation · wreak · reprisal · retribution
Translations (73)
hi प्रतिशोध (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · it rivalsa (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · de Vergeltung (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ka შურისძიება (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · mi ngaki (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · es venganza (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · el αντίποινα (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ru воздая́ние (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · da hævn (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ms balas dendam (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · et kättemaks (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ga agairt (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · it vendetta (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ja 復讐 (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · os маст исын (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · mi whakakaitoa (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · uk по́мста (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · fi kosto (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · gd dìoghaltas (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · io venjo (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · cmn 復仇 /复仇 (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · de Rache (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · tr öç (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · el εκδίκηση (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · mt vendetta (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ru рева́нш (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · fr vengeance (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · el αντεκδίκηση (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ro răzbunare (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · oc venjança (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · cs pomsta (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · it ritorsione (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · sk pomsta (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · cs odplata (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ko 복수 (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ar ثَأْر (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · nl wraak (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · nl vendetta (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ru мще́ние (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · pdt Rach (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · vi sự trả thù (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · pl pomsta (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ar اِنْتِقَام (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · fa انتقام (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · tr intikam (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · mt tpattija (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · grc τιμωρία (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · fo hevnd (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · pl odwet (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ka შურისგება (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · eo venĝo (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ca venjança (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ml പ്രതികാരം (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · he נקמה (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · la ultiō (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · sv hämnd (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · gd aicheamhail (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · id balas dendam (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · gl vinganza (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ga díoltas (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · mi ngakinga (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · pt vingança (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · hu bosszú (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · bg отмъщение (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · lv atriebība (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · it rappresaglia (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · hy վրեժ (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · ru месть (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · mk одмазда (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · nl vergelding (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · kw venjyans (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) · pl zemsta (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)