revengement

English

Etymology

From revenge +‎ -ment, or re- +‎ vengement.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɛndʒmənt/

Noun

revengement (countable and uncountable, plural revengements)

  1. Revenge.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.4:
      With that he drives at them with dreadfull might, / Both in remembrance of his friends late harme, / And in revengement of his owne despight […]

References
  • revengement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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