Associations to the word «Vengeance»
Noun
- Thirst
- Retribution
- Wrath
- Spectre
- Hatred
- Loki
- Vow
- Murderer
- Swearing
- Retaliation
- Revenge
- Lust
- Forgiveness
- Outrage
- Executioner
- Cruelty
- Nemesis
- Foe
- Wrong
- Indignation
- Rage
- Punishment
- Bloodshed
- Wretch
- Fury
- Insult
- Provocation
- Avenger
- Enmity
- Treachery
- Seek
- Betrayal
- Feud
- Oath
- Greed
- Malice
- Hera
- Humiliation
- Anger
- Defiance
- Quixote
- Remorse
- Bosom
- Desire
- Slayer
- Deliverance
- Deed
- Fiend
- Slew
- Odysseus
- Cry
- Redress
- Villain
- Gratification
- Adultery
- Tyrant
- Tko
- Wickedness
- Quest
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
VENGEANCE, noun. Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
VENGEANCE, noun. Desire for revenge.
Dictionary definition
VENGEANCE, noun. The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.