0 to do harm to or punish the person responsible for something bad done to you or your family or friends in order to achieve a fair situation:
She determined to avenge herself on the killer.
At the end of the film, the murderer is killed by his victim's avenging girlfriend.
1 to get satisfaction by harming or punishing the person responsible for something bad done to you or your family or friends:
Silva's desire to avenge his ' ' loss of property ' ' entails the body of white women as collateral.
The film denies him not only the right to express his rebellion and avenge himself, but also his right to justice.
What often motivated it was revenge - bandits invariably started their careers to avenge personal wrongs.
Fought to avenge personal insults or to settle personal differences, duels were conducted at every stage according to a strict code of rules.
Certain acts of heroism can meaningfully be called moral acts when there is a symbolized triumph, where, for example, innocent victims are being avenged.
Edward returns disguised as a beggar, determined to avenge himself on the aunt who turned him out for stealing from her.
I at any rate, am all for surviving, and the fact that we may be avenged has very little interest for me.
If you are to continue avenging every crime, then you will have crime for infinity.
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