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{
"word": "reconciliation"
}
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "belly vengeance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pinch-belly vengeance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "whip-belly vengeance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "whistle-belly vengeance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "with a vengeance"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.",
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"ref": "2000, Gladiator (film)",
"text": "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions; loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son; husband to a murdered wife; and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
},
{
"ref": "2022 April 5, Sean Hannity, Sean Penn, 22:33 from the start, in Sean Penn joins Sean Hannity to discuss Russian invasion of Ukraine (Hannity), Fox News, archived from the original on 2022-04-11",
"text": "Penn: I don't want to invest in the conversation, not that I don't have it privately, about my feelings about what direct action should happen to a leader who does that, but if there is a God, there will be vengeance beyond all possible comprehension.\nHannity: \"Vengeance is mine saith the Lord\", quoted in a very famous book.",
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"Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong."
],
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"Revenge",
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[
"insult",
"insult"
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[
"injury",
"injury"
]
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṯaʔr",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ثَأْر"
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"roman": "intiqām",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
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],
"word": "اِنْتِقَام"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vrež",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "վրեժ"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otmǎštenie",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отмъщение"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "venjança"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "復仇"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fùchóu",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "复仇"
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pomsta"
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "odplata"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "hævn"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "vendetta"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "vergelding"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "wraak"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "venĝo"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "kättemaks"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
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"word": "hevnd"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "kosto"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vengeance"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vinganza"
},
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šurisʒieba",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "შურისძიება"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šurisgeba",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "შურისგება"
},
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rache"
},
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vergeltung"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "fraweit",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekdíkisi",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εκδίκηση"
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"roman": "antípoina",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "αντίποινα"
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"roman": "antekdíkisi",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "αντεκδίκηση"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "timōría",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "τιμωρία"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nekamá",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נקמה"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "bosszú"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "venjo"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agairt"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "díoltas"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vendetta"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rivalsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rappresaglia"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ritorsione"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"alt": "ふくしゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukushū",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "復讐"
},
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"alt": "復讐",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "boksu",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "복수"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ultiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "atriebība"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odmazda",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "одмазда"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pratikāraṁ",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "പ്രതികാരം"
},
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mt",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "vendetta"
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "ngaki"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "ngakinga"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "whakakaitoa"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "venjança"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "os",
"english": "mast isyn",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "маст исын"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "enteqâm",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "انتقام"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rach"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "odwet"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
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"feminine"
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"word": "zemsta"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vingança"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "răzbunare"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mestʹ",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "месть"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
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"roman": "mščénije",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
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"word": "мще́ние"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
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"roman": "vozdajánije",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "воздая́ние"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "revánš",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рева́нш"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dìoghaltas"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aicheamhail"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pomsta"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "venganza"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "hämnd"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "intikam"
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{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pómsta",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́мста"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong",
"word": "sự trả thù"
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{
"ref": "2008, Jean Harvey Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography",
"text": "If her husband was all forgiveness, asking the bands to play “Dixie,” she was full of vengeance […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, James Calloway, Black America, Not in This America",
"text": "Are they full of vengeance[?], because they say that people with vengeance in their hearts must dig two graves, one for their enemy and the other for themselves.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Desire for revenge."
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"ipa": "/ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛnd͡ʒəns"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "reprisal"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "retaliation"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "retribution"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wreak"
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{
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],
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],
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{
"word": "la vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid"
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/"
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"Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"Old French feminine nouns",
"Old French lemmas",
"Old French nouns"
],
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"Alternative form of venjance"
],
"links": [
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"venjance",
"venjance#Old French"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "vengeance"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'vengeance oblique singular or', originally 'vengeance oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"vengeance"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "vengeance",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'vengeance oblique singular or', originally 'vengeance oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"vengeance"
],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "vengeance",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'vengeance oblique singular or' in 'vengeance oblique singular, f (oblique plural vengeances, nominative singular vengeance, nominative plural vengeances)'",
"path": [
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