indignance

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English

Noun

indignance (uncountable)

  1. indignation
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      And seeing him behind a stranger Knight,
      Where - as no living Creature he mistook,
      With great Indignance he that Sight forsook
    • 2007 September 4, Carol Pogash, “In Remote Canyon, Calif., a Pay Phone Is Celebrated”, in New York Times[1]:
      “We were all insulted,” Mr. Goodwin said, “and indignance translates into action.”