单词 | unresentful |
释义 | unresentfuladj. Not resentful. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > inclined to forgive forgivefulc1000 unresenting1686 unresentful1758 understanding1913 1758 S. Smythies Brothers II. ii. xiv. 257 The contented, unresentful, un[re]proaching Henry Prado. 1773 W. Melmoth Remarks in tr. Cicero Cato 253 The same philosophers who contended for this innoxious and unresentful character of the Deity. 1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude v. 124 A race of real children;..Not unresentful where self-justified. 1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ x. 441 He bore the pang..with proud confidence and unresentful regret. 1930 H. S. Duffy William Howard Taft xxxii. 329 Taft emerged undisturbed, unresentful and without any malice from the campaign of 1912. 1991 N. Wyn Ellis John Major iii. 111 The man who is said to have no side, to be without a chip on his shoulder, who says he is utterly unresentful of wealth or success or gains by others. 2010 E. St J. Mandel Singer's Gun iii. 64 She laughed quickly to make this last comment as joke-like and unresentful as possible. Derivatives ˌunreˈsentfully adv. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adverb] forgivingly1668 unresentfully1857 1857 ‘F. Fern’ Fresh Leaves 322 No bright-eyed, winsome young girl..the hope of whose love..nerves him to bear uncomplainingly, unresentfully, the overbearing and undeserved rebuke of arrogant assumption? 1990 M. McCreadie Casting Couch & Other Front Row Seats iv. 49 A woman whose contentment shines forth so fully that you can see why her family is so unresentfully dependent upon her. ˌunreˈsentfulness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] > disposition to forgive forgivenessc1175 remissiona1616 ignoscency1647 forgivingness1741 unresentfulness1866 1866 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 148/1 A man whose modesty, integrity, firmness, single-minded persistency, unresentfulness, and substantial truth of judgment have been invested..with an almost sacred depth of interest and significance. 1975 E. Berckman Nightmare Chase viii. 107 In his tone were such dignity, patience and unresentfulness that sudden tears stung the unwilling witness's eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1758 |
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