Unpardonable

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify

    "And you will ſee it really may happen in this very happy land, that men who are rich may commit, with impunity, crimes infinitely more unpardonable, becauſe they are committed with leſs temptation, than thoſe for which “little villains” ſuffer every day—crimes which involve in their conſequences the moſt fatal events."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not admitting of pardon wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
inexcusableinexpiableunforgivableunjustifiableabominablearrant

Example

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"The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought."

Etymology

From un- + pardonable.

Related phrases

unpardonable sin

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