Sentence:  "I dearly loved my master, son," she said. / "You should have hated him," I said. / "He gave me several sons," she said, "and because I loved my sons I learned to love their father though I hated him too." / "I too have become acquainted with <WSD>ambivalence</WSD>, I said. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.