Antonyms for avenging
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-venj |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɛndʒ |
Definition of avenging
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
- They passed on the 23d of March of 1832 years to the avenging of the death of Father Letrado.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- You think that you will do right in avenging your husband's death, is not that so?'
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- It must have seemed to him like the direct hand of avenging Providence.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- In thought he followed his brother on that avenging visit of his to Arwenack.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Not when the avenging angel is so charming and so heartless!
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- Was it fancy, or the avenging spirit of their absent companions?
- Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
- He did not know how a man felt when pursued by an avenging band.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
- For a short time she flitted behind the cab like an avenging shadow.
- Extract from : « Peggy Stewart at School » by Gabrielle E. Jackson
- The creature she had borne had come home to die, and to her belonged his avenging.
- Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
- The avenging crowd had already reached the foot of the mountain.
- Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
Synonyms for avenging
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