vengeance

== English == === Alternative forms === vengeaunce (obsolete) === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/ Rhymes: -ɛnd͡ʒəns Hyphenation: ven‧geance === Noun === vengeance (countable and uncountable, plural vengeances) Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. 2000, Gladiator (film): My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions; loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son; husband to a murdered wife; and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. Desire for revenge. ==== Synonyms ==== reprisal retaliation retribution revenge wreak See also Thesaurus:revenge ==== Antonyms ==== reconciliation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From venger +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Homophone: vengeances Hyphenation: ven‧geance === Noun === vengeance f (plural vengeances) revenge, vengeance ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vengeance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Noun === vengeance oblique singular, f (oblique plural vengeances, nominative singular vengeance, nominative plural vengeances) alternative form of venjance