revenge
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- Australia//ɹəˈvendʒ//
- //ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ//
- //ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒ//
- //ɹiˈvɛnd͡ʒ//
Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
noun
- 1
Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
Indifference is the sweetest revenge.
When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge.
After tearing his fave T-shirt unintentionally, my brother wreaked revenge on me by ripping my most prized blazer apart.
Liam Neeson has revealed that years ago he contemplated carrying out a racist revenge attack after someone close to him was raped.
- 2
A win by a previous loser.
“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
CHAOTICA: Arachnia, death as you know it has no hold on me. My defeat is but a temporary setback. I shall return to seek my revenge. JANEWAY: He doesn't give up, does he? PARIS: They never do. CHAOTICA: Our love was not meant to be, my Queen. But be warned. You have not seen the last of (gurgle) Chaotica.
Etymology
From Middle French revenge, a derivation from revenger, from Old French revengier (possibly influenced by Old Occitan revènge (“revenge, comeback”), from Old Occitan revenir (“to come back”)), a variant of Middle French revancher (whence deverbal French revanche), from Old French revenchier. The variants Old French vengier (whence French venger) and Old French venchier are both descended from Latin vindicō, with stress-conditioned different parallel development in the inflectional forms. Doublet of revanche. Compare avenge and vengeance.
verb
- 1
To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time.
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
to revenge the death of our fathers
However, my veneration for that illustrious man was so great, that on the night when he died, I revenged him finely on his two principal enemies.
- 2
To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.
- 3
archaicTo take vengeance; to revenge itself.
a bird that will revenge upon you all
Count it not hard henceforth, when thou dost hear That a just vengeance was by righteous court Justly reveng'd. […]
Etymology
From Middle English revengen, from Old French revengier, revenger.
Forms
- plural
- revenges
- past tense
- revenged
- past participle
- revenged
- present participle
- revenging
- third person singular
- revenges
revenge · Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
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