remissness

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I would not have it thought that any payment made by me to settle the present situation could be considered in the slightest degree as an admission of any remissness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The suit, said Mr. Wiggin, was hampering proper administration of the two estates, and their offers were not to be construed as a posthumous confession of remissness.

From Time Magazine Archive

As soon as he had apologised for the remissness of his memory, he asked me if he should send Boots for Mr. Pumblechook?

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

After due consideration of the case the unfortunate commandant, Gonzales, was cashiered for his remissness in allowing a strange ship to leave Juan Fernandez instead of seizing her and her crew.

From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.

Even the Birmingham tile, however, did not have the effect of correcting Roberts' remissness, for in two subsequent letters Franklin returns to the same subject.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell