unpardonablenessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːdn̩əblnəs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːdnəblnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɑrdənəb(ə)lnəs/ The quality or condition of being unpardonable; inexcusableness, reprehensibility.
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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
1645 H. Hammond Of Conscience sig. B4v The unpardonablenesse of it is acknowledged.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. ix. 392 The note of unpardonableness, is indeed affixed to sins under several Denominations.
1708 Acct. Remarkable Passages Life Private Gentleman ii. 100 This Fear press'd me hard with the sense of its unpardonableness.
1793 J. Anderson Script. Doctr. Appropriation ii. 36 The unpardonableness of that which is peculiarly called the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. ii. 28 It would be well if moralists less frequently confused the greatness of a sin with its unpardonableness.
1872 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 440/2 The unpardonableness of my crime.
1901 Monthly Rev. Sept. 176 The absolute unpardonableness of her conduct occurred to her.
1995 P. Myer tr. Z. Zinik One-way Ticket 179 With all the greater unpardonableness they fixed their eyes on me, and gradually grew bolder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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