avenge
Get even for
To avenge is to inflict harm or punishment in return for a wrong done to oneself or another: She vowed to avenge her brother's murder.
Unlike revenge, which centers on personal satisfaction, avenge carries a sense of justice or righting a wrong.
The person avenged is typically the victim, not the one acting: He avenged his fallen comrades.
Respond to injury alike
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- counterstrikeRetaliatory military action
strike back · get even · settle the score · reciprocate · counterblow · backlash · counteraction · respond
Penalty for an offense
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
- just desertsMerited reward or punishment
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
divine justice · judgment · penalty · nemesis · payback · requital · dues · fate
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- nemesisPersistent source of ruin
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
- score settlingAvenging previous wrongs
grudge · quarrel · duel · sworn enemy · mortal enemy · honor killing · clan warfare · family honor
Compensation for injury
- rectifyTo make something right
- defendProtect from harm
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- upholdMaintain or confirm officially
make right · honor · duty · obligation · righteousness · justification · satisfaction · reclaim
Intense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- righteous angerOutrage at moral wrongs
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
ire · resentment · bitterness · animosity · spite · hostility · outrage · seething
retaliate
Respond to injury alike
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
counterstrike · strike back · get even · settle the score · reciprocate · counterblow · backlash · counteraction · respond · react
punishment
Penalty for an offense
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
- just desertsMerited reward or punishment
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
karma · divine justice · judgment · penalty · nemesis · payback · requital · dues · fate · poetic justice
vendetta
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
score settling · grudge · quarrel · duel · sworn enemy · mortal enemy · honor killing · clan warfare · family honor · oath
redress
Compensation for injury
uphold · make right · honor · duty · obligation · righteousness · justification · satisfaction · reclaim
fury
Intense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- righteous angerOutrage at moral wrongs
indignation · ire · resentment · bitterness · animosity · spite · hostility · outrage · seething · burning
- retributionretribution, payback, retaliation, reprisal, requital
- returnsreturn, rebound, comeback, bounce back, give back
- battle criesbattle cry, charge, hooah, banzai, oorah
- The Avengers
- avenging angelDivine agent of retribution
- Avengers Endgame2019 superhero saga finale
- masked avengerDisguised person seeking justice
- Avengers TowerSuperhero team's headquarters building