noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rĭ-zĕnʹtē-mənt
/ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/
1
noun
Meaning 1
Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 2
Obsolete form of resentment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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History
Etymology
From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.