revengelessadj.
/rᵻˈvɛn(d)ʒləs/, U.S. /rəˈvɛndʒləs/, /riˈvɛndʒləs/ 1. Without desire for revenge; free from or devoid of vengefulness or vindictiveness. In later use also: that involves no revenge, done without vengeance.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge > not
revengeless1604
unrevengeful1660
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > avenged or taken vengeance upon > not
unvengeda1382
unwrokena1400
unavenged1481
unrevenged?1520
unwreaked1590
unwreaken1591
revengeless1604
unvindicated1654
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 234 After that Saul vnderstood the revengelesse heart of David..hee wept for ioy.
1663 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes: 2nd Pt. v. 60 If Roxolana thus revengeless proves..It does denote she Rivals can endure.
1703 W. Pittis True-born-Hugonot 17 She Revengeless as the tender Dove, Extends Her Olive Branch.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 283 They call themselves the Harmless Christians, Revengeless Christians.
1835 S. H. Tyng in G. T. Bedell Sermons I. p. clxxxii In hours of deep trial..he was unexcited and revengeless as a child.
1859 W. Atson Heart Whispers xxxix. 311 That honest courage, calm, collected, and revengeless, obstinate merely in asserting and defending its reserved rights.
1937 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 12 Feb. 4/3 With Lincoln dead, all thoughts of a revengeless reconstruction ended.
1993 W. E. Phipps Wisdom & Wit of Rabbi Jesus vi. 119 The crucifixion of Jesus shows that he sincerely practiced the revengeless gospel he preached.
2. Deprived of revenge; unavenged.
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1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. iii. sig. F3 We full of hartie teares,..Cannot so lightly ouer-iumpe his death, As leaue his woes reuenglesse.
1632 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Iron Age sig. K3 Achilles sonne Cannot reuengelesse dye, then witnesse all, Blood must flow high where such great Princes fal.
1814 J. D'Alton Dermid viii. xiv. 252 MacDowell ne'er revengeless fell.
1897 Boys of Eng. 24 Dec. 94/2 I am powerless and revengeless.
1924 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 24 Aug. iv. 2/5 All there is left for her to do is suffer, revengeless except maybe for telling him..what she thinks of Rudolph Valentino.
1995 E. McCrorie tr. Virgil Aeneid 54 Let me re-enter the battle and fight again. We won't go down today completely revengeless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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