remissness

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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

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

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

How some people will gossip at this remissness of Madame la Grande Maréchale de la Cour . . . will you conduct me straight away to Her Majesty? . . .

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

When I say 'relieved her mind,' I do not imply that there is anything in Nathan's conduct or any remissness in his mode of living which burdens Betty's thoughts.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing