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indignation

in·dig·na·tion

UK/ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/ US/ˌɪndɪˈɡneɪʃʌn/ uncommon

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From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.

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