Word Explorer

Countervengeance

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Countervengeance"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

WordDefinition
vengeancenounRevenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
revanchenounRevenge or retaliation.
requitalnounReturn in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.
vendettanounA bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
counterviolencenounViolence in response to earlier violence.
retributionnounPunishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
retaliationnounViolent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
revengenounAny form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
reprisalnounAn act of retaliation.
getbacknounAn act of revenge.
blood avengernounone who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud
counterbetrayalnounA betrayal in response to a previous betrayal.
counteractionnounAny action in opposition to a previous action.
countermurdernounA murder in response to another murder.
wrathnoun(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
counterpunishmentnounA punishment imposed in retaliation for another punishment.
counterkillingnounA killing carried out in response to another killing.
outragenoun(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
countercursenounA curse cast in retaliation to another curse.
counterchargenounAn accusation against an opponent in an argument in response to the opponent's accusations.

📝 Common Phrases with "Countervengeance"

Words that come before

  • andcountervengeance

Words that come after

  • countervengeance.

Translate “Countervengeance” into Another Language

Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.

Home/Dictionary/Countervengeance