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unˈpardonable, a. (adv.) (un-1 7 b, 5 b.)
1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. cliii. 168 b/2 If they be [broken],..ye ryn in the churches sentence, and to be excommunycate on payne vnpardonable. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xiii. 36 b, An vnpardonable crime. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §66 The Earl..thought the very suspecting him to be an injury unpardonable. 1676Glanvill Seasonable Reflect. 28 We may conclude safely from the Doctrine of the Apostle, that they are incurable and unpardonable. 1712Steele Spect. No. 312 ⁋1 The most unpardonable Malefactor in the World. 1827Lytton Pelham iv, A most unpardonable fault. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ii. 51 There was nothing unpardonable in Miss Bridgeman's plainness. b. As adv. Unpardonably.
1662Hickeringill Apol. Distressed Innoc. Wks. 1716 I. 316 He is unpardonable credulous that will lend an Ear to your noise of the Gospel. |