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Complete Definition of "avengement"

English
Etymology
avenge + =ment
Noun
avengement
#(Rare): The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
#*1591: w:Edmund Spenser|Edmund Spenser, Muiopotmos - Nought may thee save from heavens avengement.
#*1649: w:John Milton|John Milton. Eikonoklastes - God's avengement of his repulse at Hull
Synonyms
avengeance, vengeance

References
R:Webster 1913
R:Century 1914

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