Definition of "jealousy" []

• A jealous attitude or disposition. (noun)
• Close vigilance. (noun)

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• "These terms rid Natura of a great part of that insupportable constraint he had been under, but gave not the least satisfaction, as to his jealousy of honour; he doubted not but she would be guilty of many things, injurious in the highest degree to their public character, and which yet it would not so well become him to exert his authority in opposing, and these reflections gave him the most terrible inquietude; which shews, that though _jealousy_ is called the child of _love_, it is very possible to feel all the tortures of the"
• "But, my jealousy is a motivation as I create events and experiences and decide who I want to hang out with in life."
• "The feelings, which she described as jealousy, grew deeper when Kathlyn Ogdoc became pregnant during her sophomore year in college."