Antonyms for revenge
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ri-venj |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɛndʒ |
Definition of revenge
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French revengier, variant of revenchier "take revenge, avenge" (13c., Modern French revancher), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "to lay claim to, avenge, punish" (see vindicate).
- To avenge is "to get revenge" or "to take vengeance"; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act. Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. ["The Columbia Guide to Standard American English," 1993]
- noun retaliation for wrong, grievance
- verb retaliate for wrong, grievance
- Oh, I see—and of course you'd like your revenge—carrying me off from him just to hurt him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- To let him live would be my revenge, the worst I should know.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She had won her ambition of years, revenge on the man who had sent her to prison.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "Hamlet" is a drama of pathetic weakness, strengthened by a drama of revenge and jealousy.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- It was the boy's weakened condition that was turning her revenge into tragedy.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- But his death should not be regarded as an act of personal, revenge.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- In these terms did Mr Verloc declare his thirst for revenge.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Jack Reilly and I laid a plan to have our revenge, should it be repeated.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Purchase wealth by her safety and satisfy your revenge with a single victim.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The next consideration, however, was the means and opportunities for revenge.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for revenge
- animus
- attack
- avenge
- avenging
- avengment
- be out for blood
- counterblow
- counterinsurgency
- counterplay
- defend
- even the score
- eye for an eye
- fight
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- get
- get back at
- get even
- getting even
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- hit back
- ill will
- implacability
- justify
- kick back
- make reprisal
- malevolence
- match
- measure for measure
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay off
- punish
- rancor
- reciprocate
- redress
- repay
- repayment
- reprisal
- requital
- requite
- retort
- retribution
- return
- return the compliment
- ruthlessness
- satisfaction
- score
- settle up
- settle with
- sortie
- spitefulness
- square
- stick it to
- take an eye for an eye
- tit for tat
- turn the tables on
- venge
- vengeance
- vengefulness
- vindicate
- vindictiveness
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