avengement
nounEtymology From avenge + -ment.
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Rare The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
- Nought may thee save from heavens avengement.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
- God's avengement of his repulse at Hull1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
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- Of St. Edmund’s fearful avengements have they not the remarkablest instance still before their eyes?1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. XIV, Henry of Essex”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
- Synonyms
- avengeance, vengeance