holding a grudge
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
spite · animosity · unforgiveness · brooding · nursing · festering · seething · cold shoulder · scorekeeping · payback · wounded · betrayal · enemy · avenge · silent treatment · hostile · nursing wounds · bad blood
emotional response to wrongdoing
holding a grudgeforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
forgiveness · letting go · forgiving and forgetting · pardoning · absolving
psychological burden
holding a grudgeletting it go
moving on · inner peace · detachment · equanimity · serenity
interpersonal stance toward offender
holding a grudgereconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
making amends · burying the hatchet · rapprochement · mending fences · forgive and forget