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Noun
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The action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands
vengeance
reprisal
retaliation
retribution
requital
payback
satisfaction
avengement
punishment
comeuppance
recrimination
redress
repayment
avengment
comeback
ultion
vindictiveness
wreak
attack
avenging
counterattack
counterblow
counterinsurgency
counterplay
counterstroke
vendetta
getting even
tit for tat
retributive justice
paying back
settling of scores
act of vengeance
eye for an eye
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
blow for blow
evening of score
measure for measure
a tooth for a tooth
lex talionis
a Roland for an Oliver
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“Sometimes, they deliberately get your name wrong as revenge for you having never attended their church except once, drunk, during Christmas.”
Noun
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The desire to repay an injury or wrong
spite
resentment
spitefulness
vengefulness
vindictiveness
acrimony
animosity
antagonism
enmity
hostility
malice
maliciousness
resentfulness
vitriol
animus
antipathy
grudge
hate
malevolence
malignancy
poison
rancorUS
rancourUK
venom
virulence
bitterness
cattiness
hatefulness
hatred
maleficence
revengefulness
umbrage
viciousness
wrath
vendetta
ill will
bad blood
ill feeling
harsh feeling
hateful feeling
mean-spiritedness
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“Police believe the attack could have been motivated by revenge.”
Noun
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The avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds
reckoning
reprisal
retaliation
vengeance
retribution
punishment
repayment
nemesis
compensation
judgementUK
judgmentUS
fate
doom
Doomsday
day of retribution
judgment day
last judgment
day of judgment
what is coming to someone
comeuppance
penalty
requital
recompense
reparation
restitution
reward
discipline
chastisement
justice
redress
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Noun
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Blood lust
blood lust
bloodthirstiness
cruelty
hatred
inhumanity
passion
savagery
Noun
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A feeling of intense distaste or disgust
repugnancy
hate
abhorrence
abomination
anathema
animosity
animus
antagonism
antipathy
aversion
bete noire
black beast
bother
bugbear
detestation
disgust
enmity
execration
frost
grievance
gripe
hatred
horror
hostility
ill will
irritant
loathing
malevolence
malignity
mislike
nasty look
no love lost
nuisance
objection
odium
pain
rancourUK
rancorUS
rankling
repellence
repellency
repugnance
repulsion
resentment
revulsion
scorn
spite
trouble
venom
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Noun
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A prolonged bitter quarrel with or campaign against someone
vendetta
conflict
fight
strife
argument
feud
dispute
row
clash
quarrel
dissension
altercation
wrangle
disagreement
discord
squabble
bickering
rivalry
tiff
spat
scrap
war
fracas
ruction
falling-out
bust-up
blood feud
falling out
family feud
contention
more ❯
Noun
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Evidence, facts, statements, or arguments that justify a claim or belief
vindication
defenceUK
defenseUS
excuse
justification
ratification
substantiation
support
apology
assertion
compurgation
evidence
exoneration
plea
maintenance
extenuating circumstances
mitigating circumstances
acquittal
exculpation
pardon
clearing
dismissal
discharge
absolution
amnesty
exculpating
clearance
proof
explanation
reason
extenuation
mitigation
rationalizationUS
pretext
argument
rationalisationUK
palliation
story
song and dance
grounds
cop-out
alibi
cover
apologia
whitewash
pretenceUK
pretenseUS
line
expedient
get-out
cover-up
case
why and wherefore
ostensible reason
basis
coverup
fabrication
subterfuge
cover story
validation
fish story
testimony
cause
declaration
front
answer
corroboration
attestation
suit
verification
testament
witness
statement
confirmation
allegation
advocacy
authentication
endorsement
approval
testimonial
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Verb
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To retaliate for a wrong or grievance
avenge
requite
retaliate
redress
pay back
venge
recriminate
vindicate
wreak revenge on
reciprocate
get even
hit back
get even for
get redress for
give comeuppance
retaliate for
settle up
even the score for
exact revenge for
exact revenge on
fight back
get revenge for
get your own back for
give just desserts
give like for like
make reprisal
repay in kind for
return like for like
take vengeance for
avenge oneself
exact retribution
get back at
get even with
give tit for tat
kick back
make reprisal for
settle with
take vengeance on
even the score
get satisfaction for
make retaliation for
retaliate against
retaliate on
seek payback for
settle a score with
settle the score with
stick it to
take revenge for
take revenge on
be out for blood
get even with someone for
get your own back
give someone their comeuppance
give someone their just deserts
hit back for
pay out
pay someone back for
take an eye for an eye
take an eye for an eye for
give as good as one gets
take reprisals against
take reprisals for
let someone see how it feels
pay back in spades
return the compliment
turn the tables on
square things up
take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
fix one's wagon
give someone a dose of their own medicine
give someone a taste of their own medicine
give someone a Roland for an Oliver
get revenge on
get your own back on
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“Is it every man's right and duty to do himself justice, and to revenge his own injuries?”
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