Revenge

v. t.	1.	To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; - followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer. [imp. & p. p. Revenged p. pr. & vb. n. Revenging ( ).] To revenge the death of our fathers. - Ld. Berners. The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. - Dryden. Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. - Shak.
	2.	To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
v. i.	1.	To take vengeance; - with
n.	1.	The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior. - Bacon.
	2.	The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury. Revenge now goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes. - Shak. The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel. - Kames.

Noun	1.	revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense Synonyms: retaliation
Verb	1.	revenge - take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" Synonyms: avenge, retaliate

To dream that you are taking revenge, symbolizes your weak character and bitter heart, which will lead to loss of friends and cause your more problems. To dream that others take revenge on you, denotes that you are surrounded my enemies and have reason to be fearful.amends, atonement, avenge, avengement, avenging, balancing, comeuppance, commutation, compensation, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterblow, defend, desert, deserts, even the score, expiation, get, get even with, indemnification, indemnity, just deserts, justify, launch a vendetta, lex talionis, offsetting, punish, punishment, quittance, recompense, rectification, redress, reparation, restitution, retaliate, retaliation, revanche, reward, satisfaction, spitefulness, substitution, take revenge, vindicate, what is due, what is merited

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