† unpalliableadj.
Obsolete.
That cannot be palliated; irretrievable.
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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 > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence > not or unable to be palliated
unpalliable1672
unpalliated1827
1672 S. Parker in J. Bramhall Vindic. Himself Pref. sig. b8 Such notorious and unpalliable Tricks of Dishonesty.
a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Notices Sc. Affairs (1848) I. 72 If they persist in thesse wretched and shameles cheats, and grosse unpalliable leasings, wheirby to amuse the credulity of the populace.
1781 Freeman's Jrnl. (U.S.) 18 July Is not his duty, as a patriot, to resign his seats in congress and on the bench, equally tainted with unpalliable illegality?
1840 Monthly Rev. Nov. 350 A murder which has justly excited as much horror, and disgust, from its deliberate, unpalliable cruelty,..as any that has ever been perpetrated within our time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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