† unexcusableadj.
Obsolete.
= inexcusable adj.:
a. Of persons. Chiefly in a religious or moral sense, after Rom. ii. 1 (Greek ἀναπολόγητος, Latin inexcusabilis).
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. ii. 1 For which thing thou ert vnexcusable, thou ech man that demest.
c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 118 Þou, man, arte vnexcusabil, if so quik argumentz..stir þe not to strengthe of feith.
1561 J. Veron Free-will f. 47 That they may..be made unexcusable agaynst the day of iudgement.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie i. 4 Therefore are we too unexcusable if we cannot tell what God saith to us there.
1642 G. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 298 To leave them altogether unexcusable, [he] sent them a licence..for their absence.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. x. 17 That both Jews and Gentiles..may..be unexcusable in their sin.
b. Of faults, offences, etc.
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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
1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Eviv An irremissable sinne, an vnexcusable sinne.
1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 12 Whereby their martyrdome was far more glorious,..the iniury donne vnto them vnexcusable.
1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 3 The unexcusable negligence of the Greek church.
1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. i. 32 As gross and unexcusable a Stupidity, as if [etc.].
Derivatives
Obsolete.† unexˈcusableness n. Obsolete
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [noun]
irremissibleness1622
inexcusableness1626
unpardonableness1645
inexpiableness1650
unexcusablenessa1660
irremissibility1847
inexcusability1888
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > unpardonableness
irremissibleness1622
inexcusableness1626
unpardonableness1645
inexpiableness1650
unexcusablenessa1660
irremissibility1847
inexcusability1888
a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) xii. 200 We will..rip up to you the unexcusableness of the heathen ignorance in general.
unexˈcusably adv.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adverb]
irremissiblya1492
inexcusably1587
unpardonably1598
unexcusably1611
unpardonable1663
inexpiably1684
unforgivably1890
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > unpardonably
irremissiblya1492
inexcusably1587
unpardonably1598
unexcusably1611
unpardonable1663
inexpiably1684
unforgivably1890
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inexcusablement, vnexcusably.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 14 The Prince Electour..had unexcusably and directly against his Advice, incurr'd the Ban of the Empire in an Imperial Dyet.
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