意い趣しゅ返がえし

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

revenge; retaliation; getting even

A somewhat formal or literary term for revenge, often implying a deliberate act of retaliation for a grudge or insult. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねんの恨うらみを晴はらすため、意い趣しゅ返がえしを企くわだてた。

  He plotted revenge to settle a long-standing grudge.

• それは単たんなる意い趣しゅ返がえしに過すぎない。

  That's nothing more than retaliation.