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take revenge


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revenge
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Sense: Noun: vengeance
Synonyms:
vengeance, avenging, retaliation Collocations, payback (informal), retribution, requital, reprisal, an eye for an eye, tit for tat (informal), settling of accounts, getting even, getting your own back (informal), getting back at sb (informal), counterattack, vendetta, feud Collocations
Antonyms:
excusing, exoneration, pardon Collocations, forgiveness Collocations
Sense: Noun: vindictiveness
Synonyms:
vindictiveness, vengefulness, spitefulness, spite Collocations, malice, maliciousness, vengeful nature, rancor, rancour (UK), ill will, animosity, hostility, malevolence, bitterness
Antonyms:
goodwill Collocations, sportsmanship, acceptance Collocations, toleration
Sense: Verb: take vengeance for
Synonyms:
avenge, get even with sb for (informal), exact retribution for, pay sb back for (informal), get back at sb for (informal), make sb pay for (informal), get your own back on sb for (informal), retaliate Collocations, take vengeance on sb for, settle the score with sb for, pay off the score with sb, requite (literary)
Antonyms:
pardon Collocations, forgive Collocations, let off, overlook Collocations, let it slide, let bygones be bygones, let it go, turn a blind eye, hold back


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