Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being remediless, or of not admitting of a remedy; incurableness.
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- noun The state or condition of being
remediless ;incurability .
Etymologies
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remediless + -ness
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Examples
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They show the remedilessness of thy case if thou persist in impenitency and unbelief till the things of thy peace be quite hid from thine eyes.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South Grenville Kleiser 1910
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It will be observed that as the principle on which we are to "agree" with this "Adversary" is not here specified, and the precise nature of the retribution that is to light upon the despisers of this warning is not to be gathered from the mere use of the word "prison"; so, the remedilessness of the punishment is not in so many words expressed, and still less is its actual cessation taught.
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