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irremission en · NOUN

Etymology

From ir- + remission.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, uncountable) Refusal of pardon.
    • 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. 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: