Word of the Day: Revenge

re-venge / rəˈvenj noun  

1. an act or instance of retaliation against someone for a wrong they committed

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. Edwin Hubbell Chapin, 1814-1880  

2. a desire for retribution

Revenge is the easiest of emotions to understand and to manipulate. David Anthony Durham, 1969-  

3. an opportunity for satisfaction

I took revenge on hardship from my earlier life by forgetting it. Alija Izetbegovic, 1925-2003   verb

1. to exact punishment or vengeance

“Fool that I am,” said he, “that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself.” From ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ by Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870