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obduration|ɒbdjʊˈreɪʃən|
[ad. L. obdūrātiōn-em hardening, n. of action from obdūrāre to harden.]
The action or fact of hardening, or condition of being hardened.
1. A hardening, or condition of being hardened, in sin or wickedness; a making or becoming stubborn, obstinate, or insensible to moral influence; rarely, a becoming, or condition of having become, relentless or insensible to entreaty (quots. 1494, 1526).
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 553 Than the Gaunteners supprysyd with more obduracion of herte agayn theyr prynce, made theym a capytayne namyd Phylyp Artyuele. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 90 b, Obduracion or vnpitefulnes. 1585Parsons Chr. Exerc. ii. vi. 367 This..was the obduration of Pharao. 1647M. Hudson Div. Right Govt. i. ii. 7 God doth work..upon the will, either by way of Obduration, or by way of Mollification and conversion. 1728Ramsay General Mistake 20 Obduration follows public shame. 1778R. Lowth Isaiah Notes (ed. 12) 182 The obduration of the Jews of that age. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1740/1 Falling under that judgment of obduration of which Isaiah speaks.
2. Physical hardening. rare.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. vii. 113 The obduration of his Posteriors,..almost petrified by continuall hardnings upon his Asses bare backe. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 231 As the distension and obduration increase. |