avenging

verbretaliate

Synonyms for avenging

verb retaliate

Antonyms for avenging

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Anglo-French avenger, Old French avengier, from a- "to" (see ad-) + vengier "take revenge" (Modern French venger), from Latin vindicare "to claim, avenge, punish" (see vindicate). Related: Avenged; avenging.

Example Sentences for avenging

They passed on the 23d of March of 1832 years to the avenging of the death of Father Letrado.

You think that you will do right in avenging your husband's death, is not that so?'

It must have seemed to him like the direct hand of avenging Providence.

In thought he followed his brother on that avenging visit of his to Arwenack.

Not when the avenging angel is so charming and so heartless!

Was it fancy, or the avenging spirit of their absent companions?

He did not know how a man felt when pursued by an avenging band.

For a short time she flitted behind the cab like an avenging shadow.

The creature she had borne had come home to die, and to her belonged his avenging.

The avenging crowd had already reached the foot of the mountain.

avenging

Synonyms for avenging

Antonyms for avenging

reprisal

retribution

revenge

vengeance

vengeful

avenging

Synonyms for avenging

Antonyms for avenging

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