vendetta
Meaning
- Revenge.
- A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
- A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/vænˈdɛtə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.
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