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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AVENGEMENT

n.Vengeance; punishment; the act of taking satisfaction for an injury in inflicting pain or evil on the offender; satisfaction taken; revenge.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AVENGEMENT

AVENGEMENT A *venge "ment, n.

 

Defn: The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. [R.] Milton.