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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

Act of punishing or harming someone in return for a wrong.

e.g. She sought revenge against her former business partner for betraying her.

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Similar Words

Avenge

Payback

Redress

Reprisal

Requital

Requite

Restitute

Retaliate

Retaliation

Retribution

Vengeance

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Opposite Words

Absolve

Altruism

Altruist

Charity

Clemency

Condone

Empathy

Excuse

Forbearance

Forgive

Forgiveness

Grace

Leniency

Lenity

Magnanimity

Mercy

Pardon

Quarter

Remission

Remit

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Related Words

Absolve

Acquit

Amends

Castigate

Chasten

Chastise

Clear

Comeuppance

Compensate

Compensation

Correct

Correction

Counter

Counterattack

Counteroffensive

Desert

Discipline

Exculpate

Exonerate

Get

Indemnification

Indemnity

Nemesis

Penalize

Penalty

Punish

Punishment

Quittance

Reciprocate

Recompense

Redress

Remuneration

Repay

Requite

Restitution

Right

Scourge

Vindicate

Wrath

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Quotes

• "An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind." -- Mahatma Gandhi

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