remissness
Example Sentences
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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
He declared that he was alone to blame, that some act of remissness, some act of even positive cruelty must have goaded the lad into taking such a step.
From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard
Or do you tax the great municipal bodies of England with remissness on this score?
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell
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