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When you try to get vengeance for people who've been wronged, you want to avenge them You can also avenge a wrong itself "He avenged the murder by taking vengeance on the killer" Substituting "revenge" for "avenge" in such contexts is very common, but frowned on by some people They feel that if you seek revenge in the pursuit of justice you want to avenge wrongs not revengeI will recompense, saith the Lord Good News Translation Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do itI'd stress what dude said in #4 the connotations may be different Nowadays "revenge" may evoke something more along the lines of The Count of Monte Christo, Death Wish or Kill Bill, a "roaring rampage of revenge" that is less about justice and more about personal satisfaction"Avenge" doesn't have quite the same bloodthirsty undertone eg Marvel's Avengers are clearly good Vengeance Is Not Ours Despite How We May Feel Li