Redeem vs. Revenge

Redeemverb

(transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.

Redeemverb

(transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.

Redeemverb

(transitive) To set free by force.

Redeemverb

(transitive) To save, rescue

Redeemverb

(transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame

Redeemverb

(transitive) To expiate, atone (for ...)

Redeemverb

To convert (some bond or security) into cash

Redeemverb

(transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

Redeemverb

(transitive) To repair, restore

Redeemverb

(transitive) To reform, change (for the better)

Redeemverb

(transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.

Redeemverb

To reclaim

Redeemverb

To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

Redeemverb

To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.

Redeemverb

To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.

Redeemverb

Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

Redeemverb

To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.

Redeemverb

To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.

Redeemverb

save from sins

Redeemverb

exchange or buy back for money; under threat

Redeemverb

pay off (loans or promissory notes)

Redeemverb

convert into cash; of commercial papers

Revengenoun

Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.

Revengenoun

(competition) A win by the previous loser.

Revengeverb

(reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.

Revengeverb

(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.

Revengeverb

To take vengeance; to revenge itself.

Revengeverb

To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; - followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

Revengeverb

To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

Revengeverb

To take vengeance; - with

Revengenoun

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

Revengenoun

The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Revengenoun

action taken in return for an injury or offense

Revengeverb

take revenge for a perceived wrong;

Revenge

Revenge is defined as the act of committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of that "does...