VENGEANCE
\vˈɛnd͡ʒəns], \vˈɛndʒəns], \v_ˈɛ_n_dʒ_ə_n_s]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The infliction of punishment upon another, in return for an injury or offence: retribution.
By Daniel Lyons
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Infliction of punishment for an injury or offence; retribution.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Sexual love; sexual intercourse.
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n. [French] The infliction of pain or loss on another in return for an injury or offence; due retribution; just recompense; penal retribution; divine punishment of wrong-doing; — also, divine right to vindicate law, and punish evil and injustice; —often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained vengeful.
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