vengeance

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.

Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
“All the gods have mocked at prayer. This sin must now be punished by the vengeance of men.”
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions; loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son; husband to a murdered wife; and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.”
Desire for revenge.
“Thereupon full of anger, full of jealousy, full of vengeance, she forms […] a scheme of retribution, […]”
“If her husband was all forgiveness, asking the bands to play “Dixie,” she was full of vengeance […]”