vengeance
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,677 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,235 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life also: retribution, payback Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the LordFor vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge
vengeance in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The Negro swore vengeance, and several times assaulted Vance.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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My strong ale must have got into your addle pate with a vengeance.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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With air and earth alike quivering, the whole country-side cried for vengeance and liberty.
The Fortune of the Rougons · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Then we came down to the plains for a little vengeance, leaving the Arabs for our wives to guard.
The Eye of Zeitoon · Talbot Mundy · Chapter 1
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Her vengeance satisfied, that which she had made so preternaturally the main object of existence, once fulfilled, left her in youth objectless.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1