Unembittered

Not made resentful by injury, unfairness, or disappointment.

Reach for it when Honoring someone who retains generosity after being wronged.

Unembittered by the selection result, she mentored the person who won.

• everyday

  good-humored

  temper remains friendly after inconvenience

  not when too light for serious injustice

• warm

  forgiving

  the person releases blame toward an offender

  not when unembittered does not require granting forgiveness

• professional

  gracious

  conduct remains courteous after disappointment

  not when politeness can conceal continuing resentment

• formal

  unresentful

  absence of a grievance is the exact point

  not when less expressive about surviving hardship

• literary

  magnanimous

  generosity toward a rival deserves high praise

  not when stronger than simply avoiding bitterness

• embittered
• resentful
• vindictive

• remain unembittered

  She remained unembittered and helped document the flawed process.

• remarkably unembittered

  Years later, he sounded remarkably unembittered about the lost opportunity.

• unembittered response

  Her unembittered response opened space for an honest apology.