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vengeance  

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  • Vengeance, synonymous with revenge, is an act of (or motivation for) retribution in response to a perceived transgression. This definition implies that a transgressor has incurred a social debt, and although the greatest satisfaction might come from forcing the actual transgressor to pay that debt, sometimes a “payment by proxy” will do. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Vengeance]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/vengeance

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