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vendetta

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
vendetta [Ital.,=vengeance], feud between members of two kinship groups to avenge a wrong done to a relative. Although the term originated in Corsica, the custom has also been practiced in other parts of Italy, in other European countries, and among the Arabs. It generally reflects a society where the family is the only social unit with authority or where there is no centralized government to compel order. After a society attains cohesion and will no longer tolerate private vengeance, composition for offenses may be compelled. In time the state itself punishes antisocial acts, and a system... Read more
feud
The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...   1. a state of feud between the families synonyms : vendetta, rivalry, hostility, enmity, conflict, strife, discord ... estrangement, schism.   2. start a feud synonyms : vendetta, quarrel, conflict, argument, bickering, falling-out. Read more
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