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
"I am afraid--it is unpardonable remissness on my part; but I am afraid that, if I have ever had the pleasure of meeting you before, it is a pleasure which has escaped my memory."
From Amusement Only by Richard Marsh
Something too, he added, about the necessity of enforcing military discipline, and the exceeding danger of remissness in a point like this.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney
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