resentment
nounLasting displeasure or bitterness about a perceived wrong or unfair treatment.
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Clear all filtersLasting displeasure or bitterness about a perceived wrong or unfair treatment.
Restrained in expressing feelings or in speaking and acting around others.
Accepting an unwelcome situation without further resistance.
Able to recover or return to form after difficulty or pressure.
Returning to physical form
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Firm and determined in purpose.
Firm determination or a decision intended to guide action.
Firm determination to carry out a purpose.
A short period of rest or relief from something difficult.
Dazzlingly bright, rich, or impressive in appearance.
Restoration or repayment for a loss or injury.
To hold back, limit, or control an action, impulse, or movement.
Control over one's impulses, or a limit placed on an action.
Control of impulses
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To revive or bring back into active use.
An action taken in return for a perceived injury, offense, or attack.
Good at holding or remembering something.
Reluctant to speak freely or reveal one's thoughts.
To withdraw a statement or claim previously made.
A statement withdrawing or correcting something previously asserted.
Punishment imposed in response to wrongdoing.
Moving backward or returning to a less developed or less desirable condition.
Moving backward
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Looking back on past events or work.
One word family: also includes retrospect.
To revise or rebuild something substantially.
To regard with deep respect or admiration.
Deep respect or admiration.
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