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revelation
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revanche
re·vanche [ ri vnch ]


noun 
Definition:
 
policy of reclaiming territory: a nation's or an ethnic group's policy of regaining lost territory
[Mid-19th century. < French< Old French revancher "avenge" < vengier]

re·vanch·ism noun
re·vanch·ist adjective, noun
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