Definition of Revenge

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Revenge

To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

To take vengeance; -- with

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

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Revenge Quotations

Justice is revenge.
Saad Hariri

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
William Shakespeare

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Josh Billings

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.
Bobby Sands

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Revenge Translations

revenge in Dutch is wraak
revenge in French is vengeance
revenge in German is Rache {f}, Rache, Ahndung {f}
revenge in Italian is vendetta
revenge in Latin is ultio ultionis
revenge in Spanish is venganza


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