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▪ I. unˈsinning, vbl. n. (See unsin v. 2.)
c1629Donne Serm. (1640) 645 It is only this expeccation, this unsinning, this taking away of sins formerly committed, that restores me. 1681J. Scott Chr. Life i. iv. 471 Till by an actual unsinning and Revocation of the Facts, we have totally cross'd and discharged them. ▪ II. unˈsinning, ppl. a. (un-1 10.)
c1375Sc. Leg Saints xvi. (Magdalene) 34 Mare Ioy is With angelis..Of a synful, pennance dowand, Þane nyne & nynte vnsynnand. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. 23 To expell quite the unsinning predominance of his anger. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) II. 652 Above the unsinning angels, and perfectly renewed spirits in glory. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. II. 392 That First Covenant..promised Immortality to unsinning Obedience. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 31 In compassion to Adam, and..to his yet unsinning progeny. 1837Lytton Athens II. 567 Great Jove! a grateful spectacle—if thus May it be said unsinning. 1872Bushnell Serm. Living Subjects 419 He chooses this most passive, most unsinning, unoffending creature. |