REVENGE (3)

Re‐venge″, n. 1. 1. The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior. Bacon. 2. 2. The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.
Revenge now goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes. Shak. The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel. Kames.