vengeance

n : 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"

[syn: {retribution}]