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English
Etymology
From revenge + vengeance. Etymons with French revengance.
Noun
revengeance (countable and uncountable, plural revengeances)
- (now rare and nonstandard, sometimes humorous) Vengeance; revenge.
2018, Best Tardy, Beware the Stars, →ISBN, page 480:And if you want to sing a mocking, dark, moralistic song...well, that's just the icing on the cake. It's their just desserts, really. “And those, my protégé, are my three revengeances.”
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