Obs. rare. Also 6 Sc. vltioun. [ad. L. ultiōn-, ultio, noun of action f. the stem of ulciscī to avenge. So OF. ultion, ulcion, It. ulzione.] Vengeance, revenge, avengement.
c. 1550. Rolland, Crt. Venus, III. 582. Quhairfoir the greit vltioun First come on him and his pepill Ilkone.
1623. Cockeram, Vltion, reuenge.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 132. A medicament … should leave in the mouth the ultion of the fault therein committed.
1682. Sir T. Browne, Chr. Mor., III. § 12. To do good for evil [is] a soft and melting ultion, a method taught from Heaven to keep all smooth on Earth.
