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
Derelic′tion, act of forsaking, unfaithfulness or remissness: state of being abandoned: land gained from the water by a change of water-line.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
“Oh, it’s nothing,” he replied hastily, apologising for his remissness and feeling guilty.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
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