Antonyms for avenge

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-venj

Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɛndʒ

Definition of avenge

Origin : late 14c., from Anglo-French avenger, Old French avengier, from a- "to" (see ad-) + vengier "take revenge" (Modern French venger), from Latin vindicare "to claim, avenge, punish" (see vindicate). Related: Avenged; avenging.

verb retaliate

Example sentences :

To defend and avenge each other, is the deep feeling of all.
Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont

But they were too late to avenge, as they had been too late to save.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Then what could God do to avenge His honour and to have satisfaction rendered to Him?
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

She thought that she had to avenge her husband, and had fixed the bayonet to her rifle.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

In the second, He assures us that God longs to avenge His elect speedily.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

It beseems us better friends to avenge than fruitlessly mourn them.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous

She had saved and she had inherited, and all was put aside for the man who should avenge her husband.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

I am the last of his 47 family, and it is my duty, therefore, to take measures to avenge him.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

All the energies of her soul were aroused to avenge her husband's death.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

They knew that these were intended to avenge the defeat of Marathon.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Synonyms for avenge

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