Definitions
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.
Used in a sentence
“All the gods have mocked at prayer. This sin must now be punished by the vengeance of men.”
“Thereupon full of anger, full of jealousy, full of vengeance, she forms […] a scheme of retribution, […]”
“If her husband was all forgiveness, asking the bands to play “Dixie,” she was full of vengeance […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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