01235463-n 'the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life';
 
Czech msta
Chinese (simplified) 仇 , 仇复 , 报仇 , 复仇 , 报复 , 惩罚
English vengeance 3 , retribution , payback ( ⊳ )
Indonesian pembalasan , balas dendam
Italian vendetta
Japanese 祟り , たたり , 祟
Malaysian pembalasan , balas dendam
Definitions
Japanese
特に来生で、（自分たちが受けた害の報復のために誰かを傷つけて）復讐をすること
― 復讐するは我にあり。我は復讐するであろう、と神は言われた−−ローマ人への手紙、12章19節; 復讐のために、私は何もしない。この国は、単なる復讐を探すにはあまりに偉大である−−ジェームズ・ガーフィールド; 彼は、彼を裏切った男に復讐を誓った; 天罰の迅速さ
English
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
Relations
Hypernym: retaliation
Semantic Field: actn
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