avenging
Exacting deserved payback
Avenging describes the act of taking revenge or inflicting punishment on behalf of oneself or another.
An avenging angel brings divine retribution.
An avenging hero seeks justice for wrongs done.
The word carries connotations of righteous payback rather than mere retaliation: She returned as an avenging force against those who had betrayed her family.
Punishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- counterstrikeRetaliatory military action
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
comeuppance · requital · redress · settling scores · tit-for-tat · reciprocity · counterblow · getting even
Intense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- ireIntense fury
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
righteous anger · scorn · resentment · bitterness · animosity · hostility · choler · umbrage
Top competitor, or advocate
- defenderOne who guards another
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
guardian · paladin · hero · warrior · vindicator · knight · rescuer · liberator
Punishment delivered by deity
- smitingHitting with force
- karmicOf spiritual cause-effect
- judgment dayFinal divine assessment
- wrath of GodSupreme being's anger
damnation · hellfire · apocalyptic · Old Testament · curse · plague · reckoning · nemesis
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
sentencing · prosecution · condemnation · tribunal · reckoning · karmic justice · divine justice · poetic justice
retribution
Punishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- counterstrikeRetaliatory military action
counterattack · comeuppance · requital · redress · settling scores · tit-for-tat · reciprocity · counterblow · getting even · nemesis
fury
Intense violent anger
indignation · righteous anger · scorn · resentment · bitterness · animosity · hostility · choler · umbrage · outrage
champion
Top competitor, or advocate
vigilante · guardian · paladin · hero · warrior · vindicator · knight · rescuer · liberator · punisher
divine retribution
Punishment delivered by deity
- smitingHitting with force
- karmicOf spiritual cause-effect
- judgment dayFinal divine assessment
wrath of God · damnation · hellfire · apocalyptic · Old Testament · curse · plague · reckoning · nemesis · furies
righting wrongs
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
judgment · sentencing · prosecution · condemnation · tribunal · reckoning · karmic justice · divine justice · poetic justice · retributive justice
avengingforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
pardoning · excusing · absolving · exonerating · condoning
avengingreconciling
Resolving a dispute
blessing · embracing · befriending · protecting · defending
avengingforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
merciful · compassionate · benevolent · forbearing · tolerating
- avenging angelDivine agent of retribution
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