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Synonyms for vengeance
ˈvɛn dʒənsvengeance
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Wiktionary
vengeancenoun
Synonyms:
retribution, retaliation, revenge, reprisalAntonyms:
reconciliationvengeancenoun
Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
Synonyms:
retaliation, revenge, retribution, reprisalAntonyms:
reconciliation
English Synonyms and Antonyms
vengeance
Revenge is the act of making return for an injury done to oneself by doing injury to another person. Retaliation and revenge are personal and often bitter. Retaliation may be partial; revenge is meant to be complete, and may be excessive. Vengeance, which once meant an indignant vindication of justice, now signifies the most furious and unsparing revenge. Revenge emphasizes more the personal injury in return for which it is inflicted, vengeance the ill desert of those upon whom it is inflicted. A requital is strictly an even return, such as to quit one of obligation for what has been received, and even if poor or unworthy is given as complete and adequate. Avenging and retribution give a solemn sense of exact justice, avenging being more personal in its infliction, whether by God or man, and retribution the impersonal visitation of the doom of righteous law. Compare AVENGE; HATRED; REQUITE.
Synonyms:
avenging, requital, retaliation, retribution, revengeAntonyms:
compassion, excuse, forgiveness, grace, mercy, pardon, pardon, pity, reconciliationPreposition:
To take revenge upon the enemy, for the injury.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
vengeance
Synonyms:
retribution, retaliation, revengeAntonyms:
forgiveness, pardon, condonation, amnesty, grace, remission, absolution, oblivion, indulgence, reprieve
Princeton's WordNet
vengeance, retribution, paybacknoun
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
Synonyms:
requital, payback, retribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
vengeancenoun
Synonyms:
avengement, retributionvengeancenoun
Synonyms:
revenge, retaliation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
vengeancenoun
Synonyms:
retribution, avengement, revenge, nemesis, retaliationAssociated words:
wreak
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "vengeance":
revenge, vendetta, retribution, retaliation, vindictiveness, payback, retaliatory, reprisal
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How to use vengeance in a sentence?
Trump gratuitously went after a Latina, woman governor, popular, and the chairman of the governors’ association. As a matter of what looked like vengeance. It makes no sense politically.
Ever since the Charlie Hebdo attacks ‘avenged’ the prophet, there has been a growing trend to justify terrorist acts, such as this murder, by claiming it was an act of vengeance, just this week in Sinai, Egypt, ISIS released a video titled, ‘We Swear We Will Revenge.’.
Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes:
If there is anyone who deserves the ultimate punishment, it is the defendant. However, we must overcome the impulse for vengeance.
Polio is still out there, (It) has fought back with a vengeance at every stage of the game. And it's still fighting.
Lower M&A activity and companies focused on conserving cash will mean that activists are likely to increase their focus on operational performance and how management teams react to the crisis as the basis for new campaigns. But in a few months, activists who have been waiting on the sidelines could come back with a vengeance.
Translations for vengeance
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- يثأر, انتقامArabic
- pomstaCzech
- hævnDanish
- Vergeltung, RacheGerman
- εκδίκησηGreek
- venĝoEsperanto
- venganzaSpanish
- kättemaksEstonian
- انتقامPersian
- kostoFinnish
- vengeanceFrench
- bhfeiceIrish
- dìoghaltas, aicheamhailScottish Gaelic
- bosszúHungarian
- վրեժArmenian
- pembalasanIndonesian
- venjoIdo
- ritorsione, vendetta, rivalsa, rappresagliaItalian
- נקמהHebrew
- 復讐Japanese
- შურისძიებაGeorgian
- ಪ್ರತೀಕಾರKannada
- 복수, 復讐Korean
- vindictaLatin
- ngakingaMāori
- одмаздаMacedonian
- vendetta, tpattijaMaltese
- vergelding, vendetta, wraakDutch
- hevnNorwegian
- zemstaPolish
- vingançaPortuguese
- răzbunareRomanian
- реванш, мщение, месть, воздаяние, отмщениеRussian
- pomstaSlovak
- hämndSwedish
- பழிவாங்கும்Tamil
- ప్రతీకారంTelugu
- การแก้แค้นThai
- intikamTurkish
- помстаUkrainian
- انتقامUrdu
- trả thùVietnamese
- נעקאָמעYiddish
- 復仇Chinese
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