vendetta

nounattested in dialogue

United States/[vɛnˈdɛɾə]/
//vɛnˈdɛtə//

Revenge.

noun

1
Revenge.
2
A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations.
3
A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
personal vendetta
blood vendetta
The source added: “It appears to me a very personal vendetta that doesn’t have long term interests both for the kingdom and for the US and for intelligence cooperation in the future.”
But Trump’s pursuit of his political vendettas in a presidency increasingly revolving around personal goals, expensive legacy projects and tin-eared economic messaging is going to cause a headache for the GOP.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

Forms

plural: vendettas, vendette

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vendetta · Revenge.

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