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Noun Concept
Categories: Revenge, Conflict, All articles needing additional references, Punishment, All articles with style issues
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retaliation  revenge  retribution  reprisal  vengeance
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Action taken in return for an injury or offense WordNet 3.0
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Action taken in return for an injury or offense WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Wikipedia
Harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Retaliation against a person or group in response to a wrongdoing Wikipedia Disambiguation
Harmful action in response to a grievance Wikidata
Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator. OmegaWiki
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge. Wiktionary
Act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice. Wiktionary (translation)
Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. Wiktionary
Retaliatory action. Wiktionary (translation)
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Indifference is the sweetest revenge. Wiktionary
When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge. Wiktionary
IS A
return
behavior
HAS KIND
vengeance
reprisal
feud
retorsion
katakiuchi
HAS INSTANCE
Maywand District murders
Wonderland murders
Massacre of Senigallia
DERIVATION
revenge
retaliate
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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retaliation, revenge
Wikipedia
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revenge
Wikidata
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revenge
Wiktionary
EN
retaliation, revenge
OmegaWiki
EN
reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance
Wikipedia Redirections
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Disproportionate revenge, personal vendetta, retaliate, retaliation, retaliatory force, Revenge is a dish best served cold, revenge killing, Vindictive
Wikidata Alias
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retaliation, retribution

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