vengeance

2 definitions • 3 examples

the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen:

The story features a woman who is evicted from her home and is seeking vengeance.

As he cradled his daughter's lifeless body in his arms, he swore (to take) vengeance on her killers.

action against someone to punish that person for having hurt you:

She cried out for vengeance.