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revenges

revenges is the plural of revenge.

revenges is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Phrases with revenges

Questions about revenges

What is revenges the plural of?
Revenges is the plural of revenge.

Words near revenges in the dictionary

  1. revengement
  2. revengements
  3. revenger
  4. revengeress
  5. revengers
  6. revenges
  7. revengeth
  8. revenging
  9. revengingly
  10. revengings
  11. revengism

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