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unpardoning

unpardoning adjective: that does not pardon; unforgiving.

Adjective

unpardoning (comparative more unpardoning, superlative most unpardoning)

  1. That does not pardon; unforgiving.
    • He did not reflect on the consequences of such an unpardoning spirit in its operation on his mind.1894, George Meredith, Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete
    • Certainly the despairing anguish that she had felt, the submission to his unpardoning wrath, the tacit agreement that the discovery gave him license to do anything he liked with her, not only then but throughout the future--all this pertained to a state of mind which could be coldly recollected...1914, W. B. Maxwell, The Devil's Garden

Forms of unpardoning

comparativemore unpardoning
superlativemost unpardoning

Origin of unpardoning

From un- + pardoning.

Questions about unpardoning

What does unpardoning mean?
Unpardoning means that does not pardon; unforgiving.
What part of speech is unpardoning?
Unpardoning is an adjective.

Words near unpardoning in the dictionary

  1. unpardonable sin
  2. unpardonable sins
  3. unpardonableness
  4. unpardonably
  5. unpardoned
  6. unpardoning
  7. unpared
  8. unparent
  9. unparental
  10. unparented
  11. unparenthesized

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