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incorrigibleness

incorrigibleness noun: the quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.

Noun

incorrigibleness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
    • (1) They had become sufficiently convinced of the incorrigibleness of the party in power: the fact that the governing lords had even in the last war neither forgotten their spite nor learned greater wisdom, was shown by the effrontery bordering on simplicity with which they now instituted...1854, Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)
    • On the one side she was attached to her king, notwithstanding his incorrigibleness; on the other, she was devoted to the principles involved, including the independence of the Church.1913, J. C. McFeeters, Sketches of the Covenanters

Origin of incorrigibleness

From incorrigible + -ness.

Questions about incorrigibleness

What does incorrigibleness mean?
Incorrigibleness means the quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
What part of speech is incorrigibleness?
Incorrigibleness is a noun.

Words near incorrigibleness in the dictionary

  1. incorrespondences
  2. incorrespondency
  3. incorresponding
  4. incorrigibility
  5. incorrigible
  6. incorrigibleness
  7. incorrigibles
  8. incorrigibly
  9. incorroborable
  10. incorrodable
  11. incorrodible

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