remissible

[ri-mis-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. that may be remitted.

remissible

/ rɪˈmɪsəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be remitted

Other Word Forms

• remissibility noun
• remissibleness noun
• nonremissible adjective
• unremissible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of remissible¹

1570–80; < Middle French < Late Latin remissibilis. See remiss, -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of remissible¹

C16: from Latin remissibilis ; see _remit

Example Sentences

"The affair," Hervey adds, "grew as serious as that of the Greens and the Blues under Justinian at Constantinople; an anti-Handelist was looked upon as an anti-courtier, and voting against the Court in Parliament was hardly a less remissible or more venial sin than speaking against Handel or going to the Lincoln's Inn Fields Opera."

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Now irreparability belongs to sin committed out of malice, which, according to some, is irremissible: whereas reparability belongs to sins committed through weakness or ignorance, which are remissible.

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Related Words

• acceptable 
• admissible 
• allowable 
• defensible 
• lawful 
• legitimate 
• logical 
• probable 
• proper 
• reasonable 
• understandable 
• valid