vengeance

Meanings

Noun

• the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; --Romans 12:19; --James Garfield
  • "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"
  • "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"
  • "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"

Synonyms

payback, retribution