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

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

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

But it could not now be helped and he resolved to make good his remissness early the next morning.

From The Chief Justice A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil

But at these moments Martine and Priscilla managed to introduce interesting subjects for discussion, whereby their elders were diverted from observing the remissness of their waitress.

From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Reed, Helen Leah