In this paragraph, the connotation of "relish" is "to enjoy." Douglass expresses a lack of enjoyment or appreciation for the home he is leaving, indicating that he does not expect to find anything more pleasurable in his new home than what he experienced in his previous one.
Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
I looked for home elsewhere, and was confident of finding none which I should relish less than the one which I was leaving. If, however, I found in my new home hardship, hunger, whipping, and nakedness, I had the consolation that I should not have escaped any one of them by staying.
In this paragraph, what connotation does “relish” have?
to enjoy
an appetizer
to suffer
a pleasing flavor
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