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To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. He will avenge the blood of his servants. Deut. xxxii. 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged hims…

The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. [R.] Milton.

To asperse with calumny or reproach. Whom never faction could bespatter. Swift.

The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. Shak.

That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).

Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain.

A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel. [Obs.] Chesterfield.

n. Dryden. Syn. - Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and…

A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, C5H14N2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.

Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. The cankers of envy and faction. Temple.

A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise. Upon the rising of the curtain. I was very much surprised with the great consort of catcalls which was exhibited. Addison.

ion; mortification. I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. Richard Porson. Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope.

Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent. What charitable men afford to beggars. Shak.

A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.

The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.

A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay.

or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. Shak.

Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves. Addison.

An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions. Hallam.