Definition of resentment

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

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Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words..
Traversable :: Traversable (a.) Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment..
Tolerable :: Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Snuff :: Snuff (n.) Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose..
Verderor :: Verderor (n.) An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses..
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.
Provoking :: Provoking (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment..
Wreak :: Wreak (v. t.) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment..
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..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) The act of resenting.
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
Pique :: Pique (n.) A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation..
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..
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..
Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
Resent :: Resent (v. i.) To feel resentment.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man..
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