Vengeance
noun
1.
infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge:
But have you the right to vengeance?
2.
an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble:
to take one’s vengeance.
3.
the desire for revenge:
a man full of vengeance.
4.
Obsolete. hurt; injury.
5.
Obsolete. curse; imprecation.
Idioms
6.
with a vengeance,
with force or violence.
greatly; extremely.
to an unreasonable, excessive, or surprising degree:
He attacked the job with a vengeance.
noun
1.
the act of or desire for taking revenge; retributive punishment
2.
with a vengeance, (intensifier): the 70’s have returned with a vengeance
see: with a vengeance
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