revenge
verb (used with object)
to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
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He had interspersed encomiums upon his own sovereign, the 'temperate, revengeless, liberal, wise, and just,' though 'he may err.'
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)