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rancour

nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,544 of 15,258neutral

Rancour is long-held bitterness and ill will. Speak without rancour.

The length is what defines it, since a quarrel that ends leaves none behind. Without rancour is the commonest phrase and is a claim about the speaker rather than the dispute.

Definitions of rancour

  1. 1nounrancourLong-held bitterness and ill will.C2

    “They separated the business without any rancour at all.”

rancour is a feeling.

Also accepted in games: rancor

Where it comes from

Rancour Variant of Rancourt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

rancour in the wild

  • The book is characterised by much humour, affection and a total lack of rancour or bitterness.

    How to be an Alien

  • When Themistocles was in control of Athens, Admetus had opposed him, but without any rancour.

    Admetus of Epirus

  • In print he was a moderate, fair by the standards of his time to his opponents, and not bringing rancour to discussion of Catholicism.

    Nathaniel Stephens (priest)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.