单词 | non-remission |
释义 | non-remissionn. 1. Theology. Non-forgiveness (of a sin). Now rare. ΚΠ a1706 J. Evelyn Mem. for my Grand-son (1926) 86 Not every non-Remission of a greate sin for some time..is an utter intercission of Justification and calling all former sinns to remembrance. 1845 Biblical Repertory 17 46 The metaphors..convey the same idea that is literally expressed in John, viz. the remission or non-remission of sin. 1864 Biblical Repertory 36 675 No doubt it combined all the three elements of the power of the keys, as the remission or non-remission of sins. 2. The fact of not being remitted (in various senses), esp. the failure of a debt, charge, or policy to be cancelled. ΚΠ 1989 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 152 114 The statistical methods..apply equally well to the problem of prognosis, i.e. predicting which of two possible outcome states, e.g. survival—death or remission—non-remission, will occur. 1994 D. Saunders Russia in Age of Reaction & Reform 252 Even Chicherin..called the ban on student associations ‘a preposterous thought’ and the non-remission of fees ‘impolitic’. 2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 5 June Sources..said the non-remission of the pension contributions was worrying as this would adversely affect the workers in the event of retrenchments. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1706 |
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