ill-will

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Noun

ill-will (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of ill will
    • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Sense and Sensibility , volume III, London: C Roworth, , and published by T Egerton, , →OCLC, page 181:
      His heart was softened in seeing mine suffer; and so much of his ill-will was done away, that when we parted, he almost shook me by the hand while he reminded me of an old promise about a pointer puppy.