irremissible

[ir-i-mis-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. not remissible; unpardonable, as a sin.

2. unable to be remitted or postponed, as a duty.

irremissible

/ ˌɪrɪˈmɪsəbəl /

adjective

1. unpardonable; inexcusable

2. that must be done, as through duty or obligation

Other Word Forms

• irremissibility noun
• irremissibleness noun
• irremissibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of irremissible¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word irremissibilis. See ir- ², remissible

Example Sentences

Irremissible, ir-re-mis′i-bl, adj. not to be remitted or forgiven.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

The bishop adds, that he spoke to Carranza on the subject, and attributed his silence to humility; that at another time when he was preaching before the king, he said, that some sins were irremissible.

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His irremissible sin was that of “modernizing the English” of Lord Bacon.

From Project Gutenberg

But he must comply with two irremissible technical demands.

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Here faith means more than loyal acceptance of the divine law and reverent trust in the lawgiver; it implies a consciousness, at once continually present and continually transcended, of the radical imperfection of all human obedience to the law, and at the same time of the irremissible condemnation which this imperfection entails.

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