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   revanche

   /rəˈvɒ̃ʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a policy or movement aimed at achieving the return of a nation's lost territory (frequently with reference to France's desire to regain Alsace–Lorraine after its annexation in the Franco-Prussian War): "Sorel was no starry-eyed advocate of revanche in the decades following the defeat of 1871"

   Word Origin French, literally ‘revenge’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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