Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not having been avenged: Describing a wrong, injury, or crime for which no retaliation, punishment, or retribution has been carried out. The state of remaining without vengeance.

Usage

The adjective "unavenged" is used to describe a person, act, or event where justice or revenge has not been achieved. It often carries a tone of injustice or a lingering wrong. It typically modifies nouns like "death," "murder," "insult," or "wrong."

Examples

• The hero's death remained unavenged for decades.
• She could not bear the thought of her brother's murder going unavenged.
• The historical account listed many unavenged crimes from that era.

Advanced Usage

• "to leave something unavenged": To consciously or passively allow a wrong to remain without seeking retribution.
  • The king chose to leave the insult unavenged to avoid a war.
• "to go unavenged": (An event) to occur without subsequent vengeance being taken.
  • Such a betrayal cannot go unavenged.

Variants and Related Words

• Avenge (verb): To inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another).
  • He vowed to avenge his father's death.
• Avenged (adjective): Having been avenged.
  • The avenged spirit could finally rest.
• Vengeance (noun): Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.
  • He sought vengeance for the attack.

Synonyms

• Unpunished: Not having received a penalty for a crime or misdeed.
• Unrequited: (Often for love or wrong) Not returned or reciprocated. (Note: This is a broader term, but can overlap in contexts of wrongs.)

Antonyms

• Avenged: Having been avenged.
• Requited: (For a wrong) Having been returned or paid back.
• Retaliated against: Having been subject to a counterattack.

Adjective

1. for which vengeance has not been taken
   • an unavenged murder