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  • adjective of a crime Too grievous to be atoned for by the payment of a bōt or bōte; irredeemable, unpardonable.

Etymologies

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From the Old English bōtlēas ("unpardonable"), from bōt ("compensation for an injury or wrong") + -lēas (whence the Modern English -less).

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