WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
re•vanche
(rə vanch′, -vänsh′),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmentthe policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- French: revenge
- 1855–60
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