| revenge | |
| 1. n. Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice. | |
| Indifference is the sweetest revenge. | |
| When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge. | |
| 2. n. (competition) A win by the previous loser. | |
| 3. v. (reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon) someone. | |
| 4. v. To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge. | |
| Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive, archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself. | |
