мсти́ть — meaning in English
mstit
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English meaning
- avenge verb To get retribution for a wrong or injury done to oneself or someone else.
- requite verb To pay off a debt, or to reward someone for a favour or service they gave.
- retaliate verb To respond to harm done to you by causing harm in return.
- revenge noun Harm done to someone in return for a wrong they committed against you.
- wreak verb To cause or inflict something damaging or violent, such as havoc, damage, or revenge.
Senses
мсти́ть is used for these senses in English:
- avenge (transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- avenge (transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
- requite To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare) , to seek revenge for (oneself).
- retaliate (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
- revenge (transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
- take revenge To avenge; to get back at.
- wreak (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
requite — full definition
- verb To pay off a debt, or to reward someone for a favour or service they gave.
- verb To give someone a reward or payment in return for a favour or service they did for you.
- verb To feel and show the same affection that someone has shown towards you.
- verb To give or do something back in return for what someone has given or done.
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