Definition of remissible in English:
remissible
adjective rɪˈmɪsɪb(ə)lrəˈmɪsəb(ə)l
(especially of sins) able to be pardoned.
Example sentencesExamples
- There will be a condition which may possibly obtain pardon,- in the case, namely, of a remissible sin.
- Because the Lord Jesus had commissioned them to preach three things: firstly, Christ died; secondly, He rose again; and, thirdly, repentance for the remissible of sins.
- The heart of Owens argument is that easily remissible sins are incompatible with the sin-bearing death of Christ.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French rémissible or late Latin remissibilis, from remiss- 'slackened', from the verb remittere (see remiss).
Rhymes
admissible, dismissible, immiscible, impermissible, irremissible, miscible, omissible, permissible, transmissible
Definition of remissible in US English:
remissible
adjectiverəˈmisəb(ə)lrəˈmɪsəb(ə)l
(especially of sins) able to be pardoned.
Example sentencesExamples
- The heart of Owens argument is that easily remissible sins are incompatible with the sin-bearing death of Christ.
- There will be a condition which may possibly obtain pardon,- in the case, namely, of a remissible sin.
- Because the Lord Jesus had commissioned them to preach three things: firstly, Christ died; secondly, He rose again; and, thirdly, repentance for the remissible of sins.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French rémissible or late Latin remissibilis, from remiss- ‘slackened’, from the verb remittere (see remiss).