resentment Copy link • resentment: no exact equiv.: expr. by ira (anger), defined as "libido puniendi ejus qui videatur laesisse injuria," Cic. Tusc. 4, 9: if settled, not sudden r. be meant, use odium, which is "ira inveterata," id. ib. (v. anger): to lay aside his r., iracundiam dimittere, Caes. B. C. 1, 8.