Impunity and remissenes, for certain are the bane of a Commonwealth, but here the great art lyes to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things perswasion only is to work.
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Remissness
//ɹɪˈmɪsnɪs//
Synonyms for "remissness" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
9 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- небре́жност noun (the characteristic of being remiss)
Irish
4 entries- amaoile noun (the characteristic of being remiss)
- faillí noun (the characteristic of being remiss)
- mainneachtain noun (the characteristic of being remiss)
- neamart noun (the characteristic of being remiss)
Latin
1 entries- nēquitia noun (the characteristic of being remiss)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mì-chùram noun (the characteristic of being remiss)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Sir, this should teach us to be as tender, zealous and careful to assert Christ and his church, their privileges and rights, and to forewarn all lest they endanger their souls by encroaching thereon, and lest their omissions and remissness bring eternal premunires upon them, let all know that the spirit of your Master is upon you […]
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I have copied them chiefly to show you the extreme remissness of the police, who, as far as I can understand from the Prefect, have not troubled themselves, in any respect, with an examination of the naval officer alluded to.
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