vengeance

vengeance

noun

Definition of VENGEANCE

the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury <sought vengeance after his sister was murdered>

Synonyms payback, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, vengeance

Related Words counter, counterattack, counteroffensive; castigation, chastisement, correction; desert(s), discipline, nemesis, penalty, punishment, wrath; amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation(s), restitution

Near Antonyms clemency, grace, leniency, lenity, mercy; forgiveness, pardon, remission