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vindictiveness|vɪnˈdɪktɪvnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state or character of being vindictive; revengefulness.
1676Hale Contempl. i. 476 If it found any corruptions within, either of Pride, Vain Glory, Insolence, Vindictiveness, or the like. 1679M. Prance Add. Narr. 45 That which makes it more remarkable, is, That this Vindictiveness was exercised towards men of his own Religion. 1740Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 381 Here, to recapitulate my faults, is, in the first place, vindictiveness; I will not call it down⁓right revenge. 1800Cogan Passions ii. i. (1802) 195 There is a vindictiveness in fear, which may render it dangerous to its most innocent cause. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 180 The shield thrown over their dependants against their tyranny or vindictiveness. 1884A. R. Pennington Wiclif vii. 242 He tells us..that vindictiveness had mingled with his righteous indignation. |