Both Uses of
vengeance
in
Lonesome Dove
- Lorena decided her best out was to pretend to be frightened of Jake's vengeance, though now that she thought about it she knew Gus was probably right.†
Chpt 17-18vengeance = the act of taking revenge
- Don't you go attempting vengeance.†
Chpt 58-59 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.) -
(2)
(with a vengeance as in: with a vengeance) with intensity