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Vengement vs Avengement - What's the difference?

vengement | avengement |

As nouns the difference between vengement and avengement

is that vengement is (obsolete) retribution; vengeance while avengement is (rare) the inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.

vengement

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) Retribution; vengeance.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.3:
  • *:Witnesse thereof he shew'd his head there left, / And wretched life forlorne for vengement of his theft.
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    avengement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
  • * 1591:' , ''Muiopotmos'' - Nought may thee save from heavens ' avengement .
  • * 1649:' . ''Eikonoklastes'' - God's ' avengement of his repulse at Hull
  • * 1843': '' - Of St. Edmund’s fearful ' avengements have they not the remarkablest instance still before their eyes?

    • Synonyms

    * avengeance, vengeance

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