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revendge

revendge is the obsolete spelling of revenge.

Meaning of revenge

Noun

revenge (usually uncountable, plural revenges)

  1. (usually) Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
    • Indifference is the sweetest revenge.
    Synonyms:
    payback, wreak
  2. (usually) A win by a previous loser.
    • “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

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Questions about revendge

What is revendge the obsolete spelling of?
Revendge is the obsolete spelling of revenge.

Words near revendge in the dictionary

  1. revels
  2. Revelstoke
  3. revenant
  4. revenants
  5. revend
  6. revendge
  7. revendicate
  8. revendicated
  9. revendicates
  10. revendicating
  11. revendication

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