irremissible

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But he must comply with two irremissible technical demands.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto

But what will hold a man is the doctrine of compensation, of judgment pronounced by himself directly his iniquity is accomplished, of sentence self-executed, unpardonable and irremissible, now and for ever.

From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by Sullivan, W. R. Washington

Thus, two grades of duty, one admitting of merit, the other so strict as to be irremissible, are established on the general principle.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

Emancipation, universal emancipation, was the lesson they had urged on their contemporaries, and held forth as transcendent and irremissible duties to their children of the present age.

From Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. by Quincy, Josiah

His irremissible sin was that of “modernizing the English” of Lord Bacon.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac