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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.

Where this comes from

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.