Definition of "revenging" [re•ven•ging]

• Present participle of revenge. (verb)

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• "And if to deny His power in revenging the injuries committed against Him, would be a great blasphemy, it would be worse to deny it in that wherein He is most desirous of manifesting it – viz., in bestowing favours."
• "We must not be rigorous in revenging a wrong when it is done us:"
• "In spite of this fact it is true that French statesmen and especially French politicians had never entirely given up the idea of revenging the defeat of 1870, even though in a great many instances the desire for revenge was secondary only, whereas the desire for the reconquest of lost territory was the chief driving power."