irremission

English

Etymology

From ir- +‎ remission.

Noun

irremission (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Refusal of pardon.
    • a. 1631 (date written), John Donne, “(please specify the chapter or sermon)”, in LXXX Sermons Preached by that Learned and Reverend Divine Iohn Donne [], London: Richard Royston, [], and Richard Marriot [], published 1640, →OCLC:
      for in all those three Euangelists, where this fearfull denunciation is interminated, still it is in a phrase, of somewhat more mildnesse, then so; It is, It shall not be forgiven, It is not, it cannot be forgiven: It is an irremission, it is not an irremissiblenesse.

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