1. the 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"--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"