vengeance: Meaning and Definition of

venge•ance

1. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance?
2. an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
3. the desire for revenge: a man full of vengeance.
4. hurt; injury.
5. curse; imprecation.
6. He attacked the job with a vengeance.
1. with force or violence.
2. greatly; extremely.
3. to an unreasonable, excessive, or surprising degree:He attacked the job with a vengeance.