vengeance
(noun)
noun
1. 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
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
Similar word(s): payback, retribution
Definition categories: act, retaliation, revenge