revenge

Meaning

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.

vengeance

avenge

take vengeance

get even with

take vengeance on

bitter enemy

wanion

wreak vengeance

avengment

avenge oneself

seath with anger

being even with

vindication of honour

vindication of honor

making up for loss

returning a favor

returning a favour

avengeance

seek revenge

stew in anger

be retributive

get back at someone

pay off

pay out

plural

ertaliate

venge

revenge oneself

Frequency

Hyphenated as

re‧venge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

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.