Synonyms for vengeance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ven-juhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛn dʒəns |
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Définition of vengeance
Origin :- c.1300, from Anglo-French vengeaunce, Old French vengeance "revenge," from vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "to set free, claim, avenge" (see vindicate).
- Vengeance is mine, ... saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. [Paul to the Romans, xii:19-20]
- noun retaliation for another's act
- From this marble Phidias sculptured a statue of Vengeance, which was called Rhamnusia.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He would avenge me, it is true, but it is not to him that I shall look for vengeance.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- This was the vengeance for which she had longed, for which she had plotted, the vengeance she had at last achieved.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- God's object at that time was not the safety of the Jews, but vengeance.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- Who knew what vengeance they might take for the killing of the Padres?
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- How much better do the English understand the arts of vengeance!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- But the vengeance of Magua sought a deeper and more malignant enjoyment.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- It was succeeded by the most frantic and angry demonstrations of vengeance.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- When, where, did justice to the injured waken their hate and vengeance?
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- It needed no word from Latona herself to rouse her children to vengeance.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
Antonyms for vengeance
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