impeccancyn.
/ɪmˈpɛkənsi/ The quality of being impeccant; sinlessness; inerrancy.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [noun] > sinlessness > freedom from liability to sin
freedomOE
impeccability1613
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1615 Bp. J. Hall No Peace with Rome v, in Recoll. Treat. 848 She..stubbornely challenges vnto her Chayre a certaine Impeccancy of iudgement (that wee may borrow a word from Tertullian).
1627 J. Donne Serm. Lady Danuers 122 A present impeccancy, and an impeccability for the future.
a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 136 Life ne'er is wholly free from Sins, Impeccancy at Death begins.
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