单词 | unpardoning |
释义 | unpardoningadj. Not pardoning; unforgiving. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > unforgiving impardonablea1625 unpardoning1644 unforgiving1713 forgiveless1861 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A4v His ungirt permissions, his venial and unvenial dispences, wherwith the Law of God pardoning and unpardoning hath bin shamefully branded. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 37 Curse on th' unpard'ning Prince, whom Tears can draw To no Remorse. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 351 Whom Pallas with unpard'ning fury fir'd. 1828 I. Disraeli Life & Reign Charles the First II. viii. 193 Royal favourites..have excited the..unpardoning envy of the people, by their immense wealth and power. 1894 Outing 24 13/2 ‘I have been so hard, so unforgiving, so unpardoning,’ she said. 1921 Freeman 23 Mar. 44/2 Above all they are unpardoning of any personal sallies, any unorthodox suggestions. 2005 R. Pearson Voltaire Almighty xviii. 304 Had the unpardoning king adopted a new hardline policy? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1644 |
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