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Definition
to feel anger or unhappiness at having to accept something — often something seen as unjust or something that creates jealousy
- "And now, your excellency," added he, "allow me to repeat my apologies, and I hope you will not entertain any resentment at what has occurred."Chapters 37-38 (62% in)
- You are a generous man, Albert, but perhaps you may be blinded by pride or resentment; if you refuse me, if you ask another for what I have a right to offer you, I will say it is ungenerous of you to refuse the life of your mother at the hands of a man whose father was allowed by your father to die in all the horrors of poverty and despair.Chapters 91-92 (40% in)
There are no more uses of "resent" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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