excuselessadj.
/ɛkˈskjuːslɪs/ Without excuse.
1. Of a person:† b. Not offering an excuse. Obsolete.
a. Having no excuse to offer.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > not expiable
excuseless1548
inexpiate1819
inexpiated1836
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > unpardonable or inexpiable > of persons: having no excuse
excuseless1548
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes Ded. sig. A.iij Because..that Poticaries shoulde be excuselesse..I have shewed in what places..the herbes growe.
a1627 W. Sclater Brief Comm. Malachy (1650) 5 Then surely are we utterly excuseless.
1711 J. Humfrey Peace in Divinity 2 The Reprobate shall have such Grace only procur'd for him, as will render him excuseless.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent
simple?c1225
innocenta1382
simple-hearted?c1425
unsubtlea1500
indolec1550
naïfc1598
sacklessa1600
plain-hearted1601
unnooked1602
unguileful1604
onefold1606
naivea1614
innocentious1624
innocential1628
excuseless1640
uncrafty1647
craftless1650
ingenuousa1662
innocentive1661
unartful1703
artless1714
ingénue1848
blue-eyed1903
1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion ii. ii Charity is a naked child..Naked, because excuselesse and simple.
2. Of things: Admitting of no excuse; inexcusable.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adjective]
irremissible1413
uncleansable?c1475
impardonable1523
unpardonable1525
inexcusable1526
unforgivable1548
unexcusable1550
pardonless1567
inexpiable1570
unreclaimable1574
irremittable1587
unremissible1593
unsatisfiable1593
unexpiable1606
excuseless1611
anapologetic1614
unsalvable1624
pretenceless1641
unpalliable1672
unatonable1689
redemptionless1799
irredeemablea1834
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > unpardonable or inexpiable
irremissible1413
uncleansable?c1475
impardonable1523
unpardonable1525
inexcusable1526
unforgivable1548
unexcusable1550
pardonless1567
inexpiable1570
irremittable1587
unremissible1593
unsatisfiable1593
unexpiable1606
excuseless1611
anapologetic1614
pretenceless1641
unatonable1689
1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 96 Such an excuselesse sinne is vnthankefulnesse.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 301 Excuselesse is the idle mans nihil agendo, sleeping out his Lamp.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xvi. 370 The voluntary enslaving my self is more excuseless.
1889 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Sept. 894/2 An absolutely excuseless egotism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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