Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution.
- idiom. with a vengeance With great violence or force.
- idiom. with a vengeance To an extreme degree: December has turned cold with a vengeance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense. Vengeance generally implies indignation on the part of the punisher, and more or less justice in the nature of the punishment; it may also be inflicted for wrong done to others, as well as to the punisher, in which respects it is usually distinguished from revenge.
- n. Harm, mischief, or evil generally: formerly often used as an imprecation, especially in the phrase what a (the) vengeance!
- n. Synonyms 1. Retribution, Retaliation, etc. See revenge.
- Extremely; very.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.
- n. Harm; mischief.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French, from vengier, to avenge, from Latin vindicāre; see vindicate.
Examples
“And 'vengeance' is used by the highest authorities.”
“This assigns the reason why He has thus destroyed the foe (Zep 3: 8). my redeemed -- My people to be redeemed. day ... year -- here, as in Isa 34: 8; 61: 2, the time of "vengeance" is described as a "day"; that of grace and of "recompense" to the”
“Avenging something or someone implies that you have been a victim of outrages and vengeance is required.”
“January 21, 2010 10: 18 AM vengeance is mine said ... awesome! even tho i'm a huge fan of crom (us) i've never seen a lot of that merch. thx for the shout out!”
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“I have learned to put my trust in God because he says vengeance is mine, and sometimes we have to step back and let faith take its course.”
“All that stands between the Foolkiller and vengeance is 98 pounds of pure, unadulterated mean.”
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“Although the Lord takes vengeance on unbridled domination, let us not therefore suppose that that vengeance is committed to us, to whom no command has been given but to obey and suffer.”
“Or, it perpetuates a cycle of violence in which every act of vengeance is seen as a new justification for reaction, inciting rather than deterring future offenses against you and your family.”
“It's not at all clear that vengeance is well suited to providing deterrence and protection.”
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