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resentment

/ɹɪˈzɛnt.mənt/ noun C1
  1. Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation. (countable, uncountable)

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She only perceived that Anne had made a very thorough apology and all resentment vanished from her kindly, if somewhat officious, heart.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 76 · C1
Her resentment, which to other and older people might be as laughable as its cause, was in no whit allayed and softened by time seemingly.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 227 · C1
All at once, as it seemed, and to her secret dismay, she found that the old resentment she had cherished against him was gone--gone just when she most needed its sustaining power.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 252 · C1
Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 9 · B2

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