What are some opposite words for vengeance?

Antonyms for vengeance
ˈvɛn dʒənsvengeance

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term vengeance.

Wiktionary4.5 / 2 votes

  1. vengeancenoun

    Antonyms:
    reconciliation

    Synonyms:
    retribution, retaliation, revenge, reprisal

  2. vengeancenoun

    Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.

    Synonyms:
    retaliation, revenge, retribution, reprisal

    Antonyms:
    reconciliation

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 3 votes

  1. vengeance

    Revenge is the act of making return for an injury done to oneself by doing injury to another person. Retaliation and revenge are personal and often bitter. Retaliation may be partial; revenge is meant to be complete, and may be excessive. Vengeance, which once meant an indignant vindication of justice, now signifies the most furious and unsparing revenge. Revenge emphasizes more the personal injury in return for which it is inflicted, vengeance the ill desert of those upon whom it is inflicted. A requital is strictly an even return, such as to quit one of obligation for what has been received, and even if poor or unworthy is given as complete and adequate. Avenging and retribution give a solemn sense of exact justice, avenging being more personal in its infliction, whether by God or man, and retribution the impersonal visitation of the doom of righteous law. Compare AVENGE; HATRED; REQUITE.

    Antonyms:
    compassion, excuse, forgiveness, grace, mercy, pardon, pardon, pity, reconciliation

    Synonyms:
    avenging, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge

    Preposition:
    To take revenge upon the enemy, for the injury.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. vengeance

    Antonyms:
    forgiveness, pardon, condonation, amnesty, grace, remission, absolution, oblivion, indulgence, reprieve

    Synonyms:
    retribution, retaliation, revenge

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. vengeance, retribution, paybacknoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    requital, payback, retribution

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. vengeancenoun

    Synonyms:
    retribution, avengement, revenge, nemesis, retaliation

    Associated words:
    wreak

How to use vengeance in a sentence?

  1. Rabbi Phillip Sher:

    I will not speculate as to the mans motives,and I would warn everybody youre innocent until proven guilty,and thats America as it should be, were not out for vengeance.All I can find out of this event is sadness,for everyone.

  2. Ronnie Gonzalez:

    He's in the hands of God now, we don't believe in vengeance, we just forgive.

  3. Hadi Sutjipto:

    Many of the older victims have died or are starting to die. They don't harbor any vengeance, they just want their names to be restored.

  4. Veryan Khan:

    Ever since the Charlie Hebdo attacks ‘avenged’ the prophet, there has been a growing trend to justify terrorist acts, such as this murder, by claiming it was an act of vengeance, just this week in Sinai, Egypt, ISIS released a video titled, ‘We Swear We Will Revenge.’.

  5. Jeb Bush:

    So, here's the deal. My wife is a Mexican-American. She's an American by choice, she loves this country as much as anybody in this room, and she wants a secure border. But she wants to embrace the traditional American values that make us special and make us unique. We're at a crossroads right now. Are we going to take the Reagan approach, the hopeful optimistic approach, the approach that says that, you come to our country legally, you pursue your dreams with a vengeance, you create opportunities for all of us? Or the Donald Trump approach?

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#4043grace
#8158mercy
#8557excuse
#11834reconciliation
#12537compassion
#13192amnesty
#14886pity
#15356forgiveness
#16279vengeance
#17724pardon
#18098indulgence
#21253oblivion
#25987remission
#56356reprieve
#57038absolution

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