fin: kosto

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has URIhttp://lexvo.org/id/term/fin/kosto
Meaning
means(noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
vengeance, retribution, payback
means(noun) a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
reprisal
means(noun) action taken in return for an injury or offense
retaliation, revenge
means(adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
relatiative, retributory, retaliatory, retributive, vindicatory

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