The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life:
— Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
— For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge.
— He swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him.

synonyms: payback, retribution.

Roget 919: revenge, revengement^†; vengeance; avengement^†, avengeance^†, sweet revenge, vendetta, death feud, blood for blood retaliation etc. 718; day of reckoning.    rancor, vindictiveness, implacability; malevolence etc. 907; ruthlessness etc. 914.1. avenger, vindicator, Nemesis, Eumenides.    ... show more

Dutch: vendetta, vergelding, wraak