remissness
Example Sentences
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I would not have it thought that any payment made by me to settle the present situation could be considered in the slightest degree as an admission of any remissness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The suit, said Mr. Wiggin, was hampering proper administration of the two estates, and their offers were not to be construed as a posthumous confession of remissness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As soon as he had apologised for the remissness of his memory, he asked me if he should send Boots for Mr. Pumblechook?
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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Trusting that I have not tired you, and that you will excuse my remissness in failing to write sooner, I am, Most respectfully yours, H. E. Youtsey.
From The Nation Behind Prison Bars by Herr, George L. (George Lewis)
Something too, he added, about the necessity of enforcing military discipline, and the exceeding danger of remissness in a point like this.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)