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
Example sentences :
  • 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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