Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being indelible.
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But as if to emphasize the indelibleness of blood-stains, however justly inflicted, we have as a foil to Miriam the white sensitiveness of Hilda's conscience, which makes her -- though perfectly free from even the indirect responsibility of Miriam -- believe herself actually infected.
A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874
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But as if to emphasize the indelibleness of blood-stains, however justly inflicted, we have as a foil to Miriam the white sensitiveness of Hilda's conscience, which makes her ” though perfectly free from even the indirect responsibility of Miriam ” believe herself actually infected.
A Study Of Hawthorne Lathrop, George P 1876
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