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Definition of "rancour" [rancour]

  • Chiefly British Variant of rancor. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rancour" in a sentence
  • ""The time for partisan rancour is over," Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta says."
  • "Church of England in 1992, produced "rancour" rather than "warmer ecumenical relations"."
  • "But it doesn't have to be like that, and I'm confident that a less macho, more intuitive generation of Labour politicians will be able to stand against each other without the kind of rancour we saw in the past."