单词 | unrevenging |
释义 | unrevengingadj. Now rare. Not revenging; not given to or characterized by a desire for vengeance. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [adjective] > inflicting retributive punishment > not unrevenging1594 unavenging1827 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > avenging > not unrevenging1594 unavenging1827 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. i Curse that vnreuenging Ioue, Whose flintie darts slept in Typhous den. 1607 G. Markham tr. P. Desportes Rodomonths Infernall liii. sig. Cv His vaine vnreuenging teeth doth shoe. 1698 E. Settle Def. Dramatick Poetry 96 This forgiving unrevenging Doctrine. 1711 A. Pope Corr. 18 June (1956) I. 118 The unrevenging spirit of primitive Christianity. 1838 Musical World 3 May 5 Walpole's careless and unrevenging head was the safest..at which his vengeance could be flung. 1907 S. A. Brooke Stud. Poetry 126 Nor is there any tenderer song of the loveliness and duty of absolute and unrevenging forgiveness than is heard through Shelley's poetry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1594 |
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