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Definition of Remissible
1. a. Capable of being remitted or forgiven.
Definition of Remissible
1. Adjective. Capable of being remitted or forgiven. ¹
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Definition of Remissible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Remissible
Literary usage of Remissible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theological Institutes: Or, A View of the Evidences, Doctrines, Morals, and by Richard Watson (1850)
"... that, by the death of Christ, the sins of every man are rendered remissible,
and that salva tion is consequently attainable by every man. ..."
2. Outlines of Criminal Law: Based on Lectures Delivered in the University of by Courtney Stanhope Kenny (1907)
"Accordingly the punishment of these two offences is not remissible; (except, of
course, by passing a special Act of Parliament, an anomalous interference ..."
3. The Concept of Mortal Sin in Early Christianity by Hubert Louis Motry (1920)
"The reason why the cotidiana, are remissible is Christ's intermediation, the
reason why the ... Tertullian's reference to remissible sin is, therefore, ..."