† ultionn.
Obsolete. rare.
Vengeance, revenge, avengement.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun]
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun]
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1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 45v Quhairfoir the greit vltioun First come on him and his pepill Ilkone.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Vltion, reuenge.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Sv A Medicament..should leave in the mouth the ultion of the fault therein committed.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 95 To do good for evil [is] a soft and melting ultion, a method Taught from Heaven to keep all smooth on Earth.
1901 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville iii. 323 My mission here Is to wreak ultion for the broken law.
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