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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ven•det•ta /vɛnˈdɛtə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tas. - a long and bitter argument, feud, rivalry, or the like, esp. between families.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ven•det•ta (ven det′ə),USA pronunciation n. - a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, esp. such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy.
- any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like:a political vendetta.
- Latin vindicta vengeance; see vindictive
- Italian
- 1850–55
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