revenge

[Re*venge·]

Someone seeking revenge is looking to retaliate for a wrong that has been done.

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To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before thewrong done or the wrongdoer.

Noun
action taken in return for an injury or offense

Verb
take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

v. t.
To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

v. t.
To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

v. i.
To take vengeance; -- with

n.
The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

n.
The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Revenge

Re*venge" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revenged , p. pr. & vb. n. Revenging .] [OF. revengier, F. revancher; pref. re- re- + OF. vengier to avenge, revenge, F. venger, L. vindicare. See Vindicate, Vengerance, and cf. Revindicate.] 1. To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before thewrong done or the wrongdoer.

To revenge the death of our fathers.

The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.

Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.

2. To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously. Syn. -- To avenge; vindicate. See Avenge.

Revenge

Re*venge", v. i. To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] "A bird that will revenge upon you all." Shak.

Revenge

Re*venge", n. 1. The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior.

2. The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Revenge now goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before thewrong done or the wrongdoer.

To take vengeance; -- with

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

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Usage Examples

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Living well is the best revenge.

Gorgeous hair is the best revenge.

I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

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Other Usage Examples

I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.

Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.

For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And, importantly, it's healthy.

Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge.