revenge
verb (used with object)
to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
unrevenged
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a word derived from
revenge.
Example Sentences
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D'ye think my Devil of so little Quality, to suffer an Affront unrevenged?
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers
The house of the L'Heris is fallen, ruined, and beggared, and you deem dishonor may approach it unrebuked and unrevenged.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
But it was no part of General Foch's intentions to leave the bombardment of the cathedral unrevenged.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
Great Hector sorrows for his servant kill'd, Yet unrevenged permits to press the field; Till, to supply his place and rule the car, Rose Archeptolemus, the fierce in war.
From The Iliad by Alexander Pope
Under his command, the Omahas obtained great character for military prowess, nor did he permit an insult or an injury to one of his tribe to pass unrevenged.
From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Washington Irving
