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indignation|ɪndɪgˈneɪʃən|
Forms: 4–5 indignacioun, 4–6 -cion, 5 -cyoun, indygnacion, -cyon, (endyg-, indignacione), 5–6 indignacyon, 6– indignation.
[ad. L. indignātiōn-em, n. of action f. indignā-rī to regard as unworthy, to be indignant at: see indign v.; or immed. a. F. indignation (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
†1. The action of counting or treating (a person or thing) as unworthy of regard or notice; disdain, contempt; contemptuous behaviour or treatment.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. iv. 9 (Camb. MS.), I putte me ayeins the hates and indignaciouns of the accusor Cyprian. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 204 Ȝif þei lyuen in pride of herte for nobeleie of blood..& han indignacion and dispit of oþere pore men or wymmen. a1400Arthur 48 At Cayrlyone..he let make þe Rounde table..Þat no man schulde sytt aboue other, ne haue indignacioun of hys broþer. c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 76 Þe sexte cornere of pride is indignacioun. Þat is, whan þou hast dysdeyn of symple folk, & lust noȝt to speke to hem. 1530Palsgr. 234/1 Indygnation, disdaynyng, indignation.
†b. Treating with indignity. Obs.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3474 Lest the cruell gentils..With pollute hondes full of corrupcion Shulde touche her body by indignation. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 305 And some with great indignacyon offred thy grace aysell to drynke. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 131 The face [of the Colossus] is something disfigured by time, or indignation of the Moores, detesting images.
2. Anger at what is regarded as unworthy or wrongful; wrath excited by a sense of wrong to oneself or, especially, to others, or by meanness, injustice, wickedness, or misconduct; righteous or dignified anger; the wrath of a superior.
1382Wyclif Isa. xxvi. 20 Go, my puple..be hid a litil while, to the tyme that passe myn indignacioun. 1470–85Malory Arthur i. vi, There were some of the grete lordes had indignacion that Arthur shold be kynge. 1526Tindale Matt. xxvi. 8 When his disciples saw that, they had indignacion sayinge: what neded this wast? 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iv. 269 His indignation deriues it selfe out of a very computent iniurie. 1651Hobbes Leviath. i. vi. 26 Anger for great hurt done to another, when we conceive the same to be done by Injury, [is called] Indignation. 1729Butler Serm. Resentm. Wks. 1874 II. 95 The indignation raised by..injustice, and the desire of having it punished..is by no means malice. 1784Cowper Task v. 442 That man should thus encroach on fellow man..Moves indignation. 1828D. Stewart Act. & Mor. Powers Wks. 1854–8 VI. 202 When injustice offered to others awakens resentment against the transgressor..the emotion we feel is more properly denoted in our language by the word indignation. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. iii. x. (1872) I. 198 His indignation knew no bounds. 1865Kingsley Hereward xxi. 268 Ivo rode on, boiling over with righteous indignation. 1866Liddon Bampt. Lect. iv. (1875) 192 We cannot regard with any other sentiment than indignation the propagation of what is known to be false.
fig.1595Shakes. John ii. i. 212 Ready mounted are they to spit forth Their Iron indignation 'gainst your walles. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 827 The fresh-water not able further to endure the hot indignation of that now-beleeved Burning-Zone, fled out.
b. Const. against, with († of, † upon) a person; at († against, † of) an action, etc.
1382Wyclif Dan. xi. 30 He schal turne aȝen, and schal haue indignacioun aȝens the Testament of seyntuarie. ― Matt. xx. 24 And the ten herynge hadden indignacioun of the two bretheren. 1520Caxton's Chron. Eng. v. 4 b/1 The Brytons had indygnacyon of Aloth, and wolde not be to hym attendaunt. 1534Elyot Doctr. Princes 16 Persons..that..do envie and have indignacion at them that speake truly. 1605Shakes. Lear i. ii. 86 To suspend your indignation against my Brother. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 81 Venus had turned a Cat into a beautiful woman..who..contended with the Goddesse for beauty; in indignation whereof, she returned her to her first nature. 1611Bible Mal. i. 4 The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for euer. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 666 With show of Zeale and Love To Man, and indignation at his wrong. 1843Lytton Last Bar. iv. vi, I read your generous indignation with our poor Clarence. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 157 So great was the indignation against Wolsey.
†3. The turning of the stomach against unwelcome food, etc. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xxxiii. (Bodl. MS.), Cardomomum..helpeþ þerfor aȝens..wlatenes and indignacioun of þe stomake. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. i. ix. 20 The Pylorus..being Moderator of Digestion: From the indignation whereof he fetches the cause of the Palsie, and Swimming Dizziness of the Head.
4. Comb., as indignation-letter; indignation-meeting, a meeting to express public indignation in reference to some proceeding.
18..W. Irving Knickerb. (Bartlett), Those indignation meetings set on foot in the time of William the Testy, where men met together to rail at public abuses. 1856Sat. Rev. II. 391/2 Paterfamilias, who writes indignation-letters from Margate to the Times. 1861Ibid. 7 Dec. 583 When Liverpool heard of the affair of the Trent, there was what the Yankees call an ‘indignation meeting’. 1894Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. 101 His constituents held indignation meetings. |