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G1556; vindication, retribution:--(a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment.
- a revenging, vengeance, punishment
In 2 Cor 7:11 -- meeting out of justice; doing justice to allparties. See Luke 18:3, 21:22. The word also has the sense ofacquittal and carries the sense of vindication. - Vincent III p. 329