vengeance

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Enacting its vengeances in gruesome yet ineffably elegant ways, the monster, too, is slowly but satisfyingly revealed to have its own poignant motivations.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2019

To these bereavements there was added the indignant grief caused by the vengeances taken by the restored Argyle Government upon those of his chief adherents who had fallen into their hands.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

A prison was a place as safe from certain unlawful vengeances as the grave, with this advantage, that in a prison there is room for hope. 

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

Caffarelli, who had long employed its services to assist him in his intrigues or accomplish his vengeances, was a splendid contributor to its resources.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

Ere we pass out of the rich general history of this year 1644, the year of Marston Moor, we must take note of a few vengeances and deaths with which it was wound up.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David