vendetta

Meaning

  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.
  3. A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vænˈdɛtə/
Etymology

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

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