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vengeance

Retaliation for injury

• retaliationPunitive response to injury
• retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
• paybackRetaliation for wrongs

reprisal · avenger · settling scores · eye for an eye · blood debt · reckoning · nemesis · comeuppance · requital · satisfaction

blood feud

Inherited cycle of retribution

• family feudProlonged conflict between relatives
• clan warfareCombat between family groups
• generational conflictTension between age groups

dynasty · patriarch · matriarch · honor killing · omertà · code of silence · mafia · Cosa Nostra · yakuza · tong

resentment

Persistent bitter displeasure

• bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
• animosityActive, bitter hostility
• enmityBitter, lasting ill will

bad blood · ill will · hostility · spite · malice · grievance · rancor · acrimony · long-standing · festering

fixation

Persistent mental attachment

• monomaniaFixation on single idea
• relentlessContinuing without pause
• unrelentingRefusing to let up

single-minded pursuit · all-consuming · driven · haunted · possessed · fanatical · dogged · tireless · pursuit · hunting

family honor

Collective reputation of relatives

• dishonorLoss of respect
• insultOffensive remark or action
• affrontDeliberate public insult

slight · wounded pride · shame · disgrace · reputation · saving face · satisfaction · duel · challenge · offense

• underworld slangsnitch, rat out, hitman, capo, consigliere
• Revenge TragedyHamlet, avenger, retribution, Electra, Medea
• bad bloodanimosity, hostility, enmity, resentment, grudge
• conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
• disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
• Feudsfeud, grudge, blood feud, family feud, rivalry