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 Llorente, Juan Antonio
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 Quincy, Josiah
Doth love's incautiousness in her So irremissible appear?
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry
But what will hold a man is the doctrine of compensation, of judgment pronounced by himself directly his iniquity is accomplished, of sentence self-executed, unpardonable and irremissible, now and for ever.
From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by Sullivan, W. R. Washington
But he must comply with two irremissible technical demands.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto
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