vendetta.
Revenge.
Meaning & usage
Revenge.
A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations.
A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
personal vendetta
blood vendetta
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.
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