irremissible
Americanadjective
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not remissible; unpardonable, as a sin.
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unable to be remitted or postponed, as a duty.
adjective
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unpardonable; inexcusable
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that must be done, as through duty or obligation
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Etymology
Origin of irremissible
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word irremissibilis. See ir- 2, remissible
Example Sentences
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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.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
But he must comply with two irremissible technical demands.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Otto Heller
Thus, two grades of duty, one admitting of merit, the other so strict as to be irremissible, are established on the general principle.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
Doth love's incautiousness in her So irremissible appear?
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Henry Spalding
Emancipation, universal emancipation, was the lesson they had urged on their contemporaries, and held forth as transcendent and irremissible duties to their children of the present age.
From Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. by Josiah Quincy
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