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pardonableness

pardonableness noun: the quality or state of being pardonable.

Noun

pardonableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being pardonable.
    • Saint Iohns vvord is, All ſinne is (ανομία) Tranſgreſsion of the lavv; Saint Pauls vvord is, The vvages of ſinne is death; Put theſe tvvo together, and this conceit of the naturall pardonableneſſe of ſinne, vaniſhes alone.1614, Jos[eph] Hall, “No Peace with Rome. […]. Section 13. Concerning the Distinction of Veniall and Mortall Sinnes..”, in A Recollection of Such Treatises as Haue Bene heretofore Seuerally Published...

Origin of pardonableness

From pardonable + -ness.

Questions about pardonableness

What does pardonableness mean?
Pardonableness means the quality or state of being pardonable.
What part of speech is pardonableness?
Pardonableness is a noun.

Words near pardonableness in the dictionary

  1. pardon the expression
  2. pardon-monger
  3. pardon-mongers
  4. pardonability
  5. pardonable
  6. pardonableness
  7. pardonably
  8. pardoned
  9. pardoned my French
  10. pardonee
  11. pardonees

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