Definition of resentment

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Resentment (n.) In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude..

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Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending..
Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced..
Representment :: Representment (n.) Representation.
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself..
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
Stomach :: Stomach (n.) Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
Resentingly :: Resentingly (adv.) With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression..
Roil :: Roil (v.) To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex..
Traversable :: Traversable (a.) Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
Provocation :: Provocation (n.) That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation..
Snuff :: Snuff (n.) Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose..
Resentiment :: Resentiment (n.) Resentment.
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven.
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach..
Bridle :: Bridle (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up..
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