| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| vendetta |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ven·det·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v n-dt  |
| NOUN: | 1. A feud between two families or clans that arises out of a slaying and is perpetuated by retaliatory acts of revenge; a blood feud. 2. A bitter, destructive feud. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from Latin vindicta, revenge. See vindictive.
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