unrepining

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ repining.

Adjective

unrepining (comparative more unrepining, superlative most unrepining)

  1. Not repining.
    • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 20, in Vanity Fair , London: Bradbury and Evans , published 1848, →OCLC:
      This prostration and sweet unrepining obedience exquisitely touched and flattered George Osborne.
    • 1859, Grace Aguilar, The Mother's Recompense, Volume II.:
      We need not lift the veil from the brief interview which the consideration of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton afforded to the lovers, it is enough that they were happy, happy in the consciousness not of present joy alone, but of duty unshrinkingly performed, of pain endured with unrepining fortitude; unalloyed in its purity indeed was their happiness, for it was the recompense of virtue.

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