Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)vengeance, retribution, paybackthe 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” (The Bible, Romans 12:19), “For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge” (James Garfield), “he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him”, “the swiftness of divine retribution”