What are some opposite words for avenge?
Antonyms for avenge
əˈvɛndʒavenge
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avengeverb
To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
Synonyms:
spite, take revenge, get back at, retaliateavengeverb
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
Synonyms:
take revenge, retaliate, spite, get back at
English Synonyms and Antonyms
avenge
Avenge and revenge, once close synonyms, are now far apart in meaning. To avenge is to visit some offense with punishment, in order to vindicate the righteous, or to uphold and illustrate the right by the suffering or destruction of the wicked. "And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian," Acts vii, 24. To revenge is to inflict harm or suffering upon another through personal anger and resentment at something done to ourselves. Avenge is unselfish; revenge is selfish. Revenge, according to present usage, could not be said of God. To retaliate may be necessary for self-defense, without the idea of revenge. Compare REVENGE.
Synonyms:
punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate, visitPreposition:
Avenge on or upon (rarely, avenge oneself of) a wrong-doer.
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revenge, avenge, retaliateverb
take revenge for a perceived wrong
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Synonyms:
strike back, revenge, retaliate
How to use avenge in a sentence?
Let my son never forget the last words of his father, which I repeat emphatically; let him never seek to avenge our deaths.
I lost my best friend eight months ago. She killed herself to save her friends and the injured around her, these are the difficult moments that we live, but I told you we gain strength from these martyrs. They are difficult moments that make you do more to avenge their death to make her dreams come true. The road she began, you finish.
What's driving me is a sense of wanting to avenge the death of my brother and his wife.
ShipYourEnemiesGlitter is all about one-time revenge, bad Neighbour Notes is all about the ability to avenge yourself over and over again for all of the annoying things your neighbour does to you.
A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.
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