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remissful

remissful adjective: inclined to remit punishment; clement, lenient.

Adjective

remissful (comparative more remissful, superlative most remissful)

  1. Inclined to remit punishment; clement, lenient.
    • [T]he heauens in their remisfull doome, / Tooke thoſe beſt lou'd from vvorſer dayes to come.1605, Michaell Draiton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “The First Booke of the Barrons Warres”, in Poems: […], London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] Ling, →OCLC, stanza 11, page 5

Synonyms of remissful

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Forms of remissful

comparativemore remissful
superlativemost remissful

Origin of remissful

From remiss (adjective) + -ful.

Questions about remissful

What does remissful mean?
Remissful means inclined to remit punishment; clement, lenient.
What part of speech is remissful?
Remissful is an adjective.

Words near remissful in the dictionary

  1. remiseth
  2. remisier
  3. remisiers
  4. remising
  5. remiss
  6. remissful
  7. remissibility
  8. remissible
  9. remissibleness
  10. remissibly
  11. remission

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