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avengeance

Meanings
  • noun

    The act of inflicting harm on someone for having hurt or injured someone else; the state of being avenged.

  • verb

    To inflict harm or punishment on (someone) for an injury or wrong done, typically by returning the same kind or degree of harm.

Rhymes
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revenge , revengeance , venge , vengeanceable
Variants
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vengeance , vengeances , with a vengeance
Forms
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avenges, avenged, avenging

Etymology
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From Old French 'venjance', from 'venir' to come, go + 'jus' law.

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  1. The term 'avengeance' is derived from the Old French word 'venjance', which means 'coming to law' or 'going to law'.

  2. In some cultures, it is considered a duty or obligation to seek avengeance for a wrong done to a family member.

  3. The Bible contains numerous stories of avengeance, including the story of Cain and Abel and the story of Haman and Esther.

Related Concepts
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  1. revenge: The desire or act of inflicting harm or injury on someone in response to a perceived wrong or injury.

  2. justice: The principle of fairness and impartiality, especially in the administration of the law.

Quotes
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  1. He thought briefly of the long-dead woman bound to this stone in 1654 and burnt alive as a witch. And for what? An over-sharp tongue, delusions, mental eccentricity, to satisfy a private "vengeance", the need for a scapegoat in times of sickness or the failure of a harvest, or perhaps as a sacrifice to propitiate a malignant unnamed god?

    - P. D. James,{it}The Private Patient{/it},2008

  2. Unlike the type of cannibalism much of the world had come to know—among desperate explorers, marooned sailors, and victims of famine—the Cinta Larga's consumption of human flesh was born not out of necessity but out of "vengeance" and an adherence to tribal traditions and ceremony.

    - Candice Millard,{it}The River of Doubt{/it},2005

  3. A holy war may be launched to root out terrorism, but its form must be a punitive crusade, an angry god's "vengeance" exacted upon sinners, since no proper war can exist when there is no recognition of the other's list of grievances, no awareness of the relentless dynamic binding the powerful and powerless.

    - John Edgar Wideman,{it}Harper's{/it},March 2002

  4. He is trying to do in his corner of Texas what death-penalty opponents say is impossible: enforce capital punishment flawlessly, ensuring that the innocent never spend a day on death row and the guilty are sent there only after trials free of bias and "vengeance".

    - John Cloud,{it}Time{/it},14 July 2003

  5. As it turns out, police crackdowns in the 1990's did not so much destroy Los Angeles street gangs as temporarily displace them to Central America. Soon they returned with a "vengeance"; gang-related homicide rose 50 percent between 1999 and 2002.

    - Richard Brookhiser,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},9 Jan. 2005
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Avengeance is a common theme in literature, particularly in revenge stories such as Shakespeare's Hamlet, where the protagonist seeks revenge for his father's murder. In some cultures, avengeance is considered a duty or obligation, while in others it is discouraged or even forbidden.

How to Memorize "avengeance"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a person seeking revenge for a wrong done to them, perhaps by imagining a scene where they confront their adversary and take action against them.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'avengeance' with the idea of seeking justice or retribution for a wrong.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'A Very Noble Gesture' to remember the meaning of avengeance: 'A' for 'act', 'V' for 'venge', 'N' for 'notion', 'B' for 'bring', 'G' for 'grudge', 'E' for 'execution', and 'S' for' satisfaction'.

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