revenge

Meaning

Noun

1. Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
2. A win by a previous loser.

Verb

1. To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
2. To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
3. To take vengeance; to revenge itself.

Hyphenated as

re‧venge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

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, 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. Compare avenge and vengeance.

Sentences

Revenge is not my style , but obviously accidents will happen .