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avengement

noun

Etymology

From avenge + -ment.

Definitions

  1. The inflicting of retributive punishment

    The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.

    • Nought may thee save from heavens avengement.
    • God's avengement of his repulse at Hull
    • Of St. Edmund’s fearful avengements have they not the remarkablest instance still before their eyes?

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for avengement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA