'Vindictiveness' definitions:
Definition of 'vindictiveness'
From: WordNet
noun
A malevolent desire for revenge [syn: vindictiveness, vengefulness]
Definition of 'Vindictiveness'
From: GCIDE
- Vindictive \Vin*dic"tive\, a. [For vindicative, confused with L. vindicta revenge, punishment, fr. vindicare to vindicate. Cf. Vindicative.]
- 1. Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful. [1913 Webster]
- I am vindictive enough to repel force by force. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Punitive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Vindictive damages. (Law) See under Damage, n. [1913 Webster] -- {Vin*dic"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Vin*dic"tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]