noun
See vengeance in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The act of retaliating:
counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, reciprocation, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, tit for tat. Idioms: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, like for like , measure for measure . See attack, forgivenessLearn more about vengeance