Noun
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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"--Romans 12:19
"For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
"he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"
"the swiftness of divine retribution"