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Unresentful

adj.calm, kindwarm

What it means

Free from bitterness or grievance after disappointment or unfair treatment.

Reach for it when Praising a response that does not nurse anger over what happened.

Her unresentful account still named the exclusion clearly.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    at peace

    emotional settlement deserves gentle wording

    not when may imply the issue no longer matters

  • warm

    forgiving

    blame toward an offender has been released

    not when goes beyond merely lacking resentment

  • professional

    gracious

    courtesy survives disappointment

    not when polite behavior may mask private resentment

  • literary

    magnanimous

    generosity is shown toward a rival or offender

    not when stronger and more active than unresentful

  • literary

    unembittered

    hard experience has not soured character

    not when more about lasting disposition than one response

Said against

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  • resentful
  • bitter
  • aggrieved

It naturally appears in

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  • remain unresentful

    He remained unresentful while pressing for a fairer process.

  • remarkably unresentful

    Her remarkably unresentful tone made honest discussion possible.

  • unresentful acceptance

    Unresentful acceptance helped the two finalists keep collaborating.