Defenition of the word revenge
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Defenition of the word revenge
- Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.
- To take revenge for a perceived wrong.
- Pain caused to the offender for the personal satisfaction of the offended.
- A win by the previous loser.
- action taken in return for an injury or offense
- take revenge; "avenge for a wrong"; "take vengeance or revenge for a wrong"
- take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
- take revenge for a perceived wrong
Synonyms for the word revenge
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- avenge
- retaliate
- retaliation
- revanche
- venge
- vengeance
Hyponyms for the word revenge
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- get back
- get even
- payback
- reprisal
- retribution
- vengeance
Hypernyms for the word revenge
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- getting even
- paying back
- penalise
- penalize
- punish
- return
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