vengeance

Meaning of vengeance

noun
  1. punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.
    voters are ready to wreak vengeance on all politicians

Middle English: from Old French, from venger, vengier ‘avenge’, from Latin vindicare ‘vindicate’.

Information about vengeance

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of vengeance is: vengeances.
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Hyphenation of vengeance

vengeance

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
  • vengeance is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

vengeance synonyms

Meaning retribution:

retribution, payback

Meaning the action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands:

revenge

Meaning the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack:

retaliation

Meaning an act of retaliation:

reprisal

Meaning an attack carried out in retaliation:

counterstroke

Meaning a return by a well-known person, especially an entertainer or sports player, to the activity in which they have formerly been successful:

comeback

Meaning retributive justice:

nemesis

Meaning fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this:

satisfaction

Meaning a punishment or fate that someone deserves:

comeuppance

Translation of vengeance

Words that rhyme with vengeance

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