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countervengeance

countervengeance noun: vengeance taken in reaction to earlier vengeance.

Noun

countervengeance (uncountable)

  1. Vengeance taken in reaction to earlier vengeance.

Origin of countervengeance

From counter- + vengeance.

Questions about countervengeance

What does countervengeance mean?
Countervengeance means vengeance taken in reaction to earlier vengeance.
What part of speech is countervengeance?
Countervengeance is a noun.

Words near countervengeance in the dictionary

  1. countervalues
  2. countervaluing
  3. countervene
  4. countervened
  5. countervenes
  6. countervengeance
  7. countervening
  8. countervenom
  9. countervenoms
  10. counterview
  11. counterviewpoint

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