Resentment - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Resenter
One who resents...
Resentful
Inclined to resent easily provoked to anger irritable...
Resentive
Resentful...
Resentment
The act of resenting...
offensive
offensive 1 : of, relating to, or designed for attack [ weapons] 2 : causing displeasure or resentment ;esp : contrary to a particular or prevailing sense of what is decent, proper, or moral [depicted sexual acts in a patently way] see also obscene of·fen·sive·ly adv of·fen·sive·ness n ...
writ
writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial auth...
Bitterness
The quality or state of being bitter sharp or acrid in either a literal or figurative sense implacableness resentfulness severity keenness of reproach or sarcasm deep distress grief or vexation of mind...
Complaint
Expression of grief regret pain censure or resentment lamentation murmuring accusation fault finding...
Good natured
Naturally mild in temper not easily provoked amiable cheerful not taking offense easily as too good natured to resent a little criticism the good natured policeman on our block the sounds of good natured play Opposite of ill natured...
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