incorrigiblenessn.
The quality of being incorrigible.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness
contumacec1230
unbuxomnessa1300
unbuxomheada1325
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumacityc1420
pervicacy1537
untractablenessa1600
pervicacity1604
contumation1618
refractariness1624
refractoriness1627
incorrigiblenessa1631
indocibleness1647
immorigerousness1649
contumaciousness1654
refracture1659
intractableness1664
unmanageableness1664
refractiveness1674
untractibleness1676
pervicaciousness1692
untreatableness1693
untractability1797
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > incorrigibleness
incorrigibilitya1631
incorrigiblenessa1631
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 290 There is the marke of his incorrigiblenesse, and so of his irrecoverablenesse, That he cannot weepe.
1702 T. Wagstaffe Pres. State Jacobitism 4 The not being convinc'd by them argues the utmost degree of Incorrigibleness.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 195 On account of the incorrigibleness of the people, the wise and the prophets would be silent.
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