remissiveadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈmɪsɪv/, U.S.

/rəˈmɪsɪv/,

/riˈmɪsɪv/

Forms: late Middle English remyssyue, late Middle English–1600s remissiue, late Middle English– remissive, 1500s remissyue, 1500s remyssyve.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin remissivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin remissivus negligent (c1170 in a British source), of remission or absolution (c1197, a1215, c1345 in British sources), of release from obligation or debt (from 1276 in British sources), (of a letter) sent in reply (c1300, c1327 in British sources), slack, loose (1363 in Chauliac); earlier in senses ‘laxative’ (5th cent.), ‘(in grammar) expressing progression by degrees’ (6th cent.; 8th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin remiss- , past participial stem of remittere remit v. + -īvus -ive suffix.

†1. Slack, loose, relaxed; = remiss adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 40 Þe articulacioun of bones is comprehended alle aboute wiþ stronge remissiue ligamentes [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. with ligamentz stronge & remisse; ?c1425 Paris with strong ligamentes or bondes and with weyker or febler; L. ligamentis fortibus & remissiuis].

†2. Of a letter: sent in reply. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > giving an answer > of a letter

responsive1419

remissive?a1475

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 135 Constantyne did write un to his moder a letter remissive [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. Þe emperour wroot aȝen to his moder; L. Rescribit Augustus].

3. Careless, negligent; = remiss adj. 3a, 3b. Also with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > indiligent or remiss

nesheOE

slackc897

undreigha1350

dissolutea1382

defaultyc1390

defaultive1398

remissivec1487

remissa1500

slakea1538

undiligent1564

unindustrious1599

discinct1604

unofficious1611

inindustriousa1631

indiligent1633

lax1812

remissful1836

c1487 J. Skelton in tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica Interpretatio 1 My mynde hath ben somwhat more remyssyue & neclygent.

1514 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 146 As aft tymes as the seid Maister and kepers..shalbe remyssyve, negligent, and forgitt to syng the seid..obite.

1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. c. 396 Taxe England, fertill in good lawes..For that it so remissiue in their Execution is.

1640 O. Sedgwick Christs Counsell 148 You did fall into your decayed estate by remissive operations or actings.

1725 E. Haywood Fatal Secret in Secret Hist, Novels & Poems (ed. 2) III. 217 O my Guardian Angel, too remissive of thy Charge! why had I not some secret Warnings of my future Fate?

1871 Times 29 Nov. 8/2 It was somewhat remissive on my part not to have asked if a paper of the 3d inst. had been sent to you.

1923 Iowa City Press-Citizen 6 July 12/1 (advt.) We certainly would be remissive in our duty if this acknowledgment was not made.

1998 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 15 Oct. a1 It is remissive to not do whatever we can to develop these areas.

4. Remissible, esp. admitting of or capable of pardon. Frequently with of, to. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective]

remissive1592

acquitting1638

pardoning1645

forgiving1690

condonative1840

1592 B. Rich Aduentures Brusanus iii. xx. 167 Then I hope sir (aunswered Moderna) sith he hath cryed Peccaui, his faults be then remissiue both to God and the world.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. l. 271/2 Punishing seuerely the poore Souldier for small offences, but remissiue to the faults of their Captaines and Leaders.

1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel (1640) iii. 142 Absolons case was desperate,..Davids remissive pardon unlikely.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar viii. 79 No contrition alone is remissive of sins.

1681 H. Dodwell Reply Mr. Baxter's Pretended Confut. ii. 218 The whole design of his Discourse..is to exclude the Baptism of Hereticks from being remissive of sins, because the power of remitting sins is not granted to them.

1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt iii. 39 Thy tender Parent, Rome, is not Obdurate! I know her, by my own remissive Heart! In bare Imagination of the Joy, It melts, forgets its private Grief.

1758 H. Lee Sophron I. 212 For, considering the crime, Noah had at that time shewed a particular mark of his remissive love to Ham.

1835 S. Turner Hist. Reigns Edward VIth, Mary, & Elizabeth (ed. 3) III. iv. 123 He did not even wholly deny purgatory, or the pope's remissive power in a qualified degree.

1852 W. Anderson Exposure Popery (1878) 126 I judicially bestow on thee..grace remissive of all thy sins.

1952 Virginia Law Rev. 38 235 An equal number have clarified and limited this broad remissive statement by asserting that a pardon proceeds not upon the theory of innocence but implies guilt.

a1998 B. Lang Future of Holocaust (1999) iii. xi. 171 The latter verdict is as harsh as the judgment at the other extreme is remissive.

†5. Producing or allowing decrease of a quality, a force, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > producing or allowing decrease

reductive1633

straiteninga1652

diminishing1665

diminutive1677

remissive1686

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 56 Fog..doth betray a Cause remissive of Cold.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 887 A Train of Heroes..bore by turns great Ajax' sev'nfold Shield; Whene'er he breath'd, remissive of his Might.

6. Chiefly Medicine. Characterized by abatement or remission; relating to remission.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe

softening1685

remissive1686

abating1727

subsiding1779

slacking1859

slowing1877

surceasing1881

slackening1886

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ix. 285 [They] brought more days of excessive Heat, than of remissive Warmth.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 585 Remissive Lethargy. With short remissions or intervals of imperfect waking.

1938 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 38 430/2 This form of therapy offers hopeful possibilities for the production of remissive changes in the disease process.

1982 Acta Odontologica Scandinavica 40 403 At each visit, their clinical condition was assessed as mild, moderate, severe or remissive.

2003 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 98 Suppl. 1. S114/2 CD [= Crohn's disease] is a heterogeneous disease..ranging from remissive or indolent to severe intractable disease.

Derivatives

reˈmissively adv. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb]

lightlyeOE

remissively1537

unoppressively1656

with a loose rein1775

laxly1839

society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] > leniently

remissively1537

lenitivelya1632

leniently1845

1537 Bp. Lee in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) III. 417 (modernized text) If your lordship will that I shall deal remissively herein..I shall gladly follow the same.

a1628 J. Preston Breast-plate of Faith (1631) 147 Trust not in Christ by halves, remissively and imperfectly, and weakely, but trust perfectly.

1959 Speculum 34 418 Both the addition and admixture theorists agree in holding qualitative forms as intensively and remissively divisible.

2001 H. Dahashi Close Up vii. 255 He did so remissively, in full view of the world, for everyone to see.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remissive
释义	remissiveadj. Brit. /rᵻˈmɪsɪv/, U.S. /rəˈmɪsɪv/, /riˈmɪsɪv/ Forms: late Middle English remyssyue, late Middle English–1600s remissiue, late Middle English– remissive, 1500s remissyue, 1500s remyssyve. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin remissivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin remissivus negligent (c1170 in a British source), of remission or absolution (c1197, a1215, c1345 in British sources), of release from obligation or debt (from 1276 in British sources), (of a letter) sent in reply (c1300, c1327 in British sources), slack, loose (1363 in Chauliac); earlier in senses ‘laxative’ (5th cent.), ‘(in grammar) expressing progression by degrees’ (6th cent.; 8th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin remiss- , past participial stem of remittere remit v. + -īvus -ive suffix. †1. Slack, loose, relaxed; = remiss adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 40 Þe articulacioun of bones is comprehended alle aboute wiþ stronge remissiue ligamentes [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. with ligamentz stronge & remisse; ?c1425 Paris with strong ligamentes or bondes and with weyker or febler; L. ligamentis fortibus & remissiuis]. †2. Of a letter: sent in reply. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > giving an answer > of a letter responsive1419 remissive?a1475 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 135 Constantyne did write un to his moder a letter remissive [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. Þe emperour wroot aȝen to his moder; L. Rescribit Augustus]. 3. Careless, negligent; = remiss adj. 3a, 3b. Also with of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > indiligent or remiss nesheOE slackc897 undreigha1350 dissolutea1382 defaultyc1390 defaultive1398 remissivec1487 remissa1500 slakea1538 undiligent1564 unindustrious1599 discinct1604 unofficious1611 inindustriousa1631 indiligent1633 lax1812 remissful1836 c1487 J. Skelton in tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica Interpretatio 1 My mynde hath ben somwhat more remyssyue & neclygent. 1514 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 146 As aft tymes as the seid Maister and kepers..shalbe remyssyve, negligent, and forgitt to syng the seid..obite. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. c. 396 Taxe England, fertill in good lawes..For that it so remissiue in their Execution is. 1640 O. Sedgwick Christs Counsell 148 You did fall into your decayed estate by remissive operations or actings. 1725 E. Haywood Fatal Secret in Secret Hist, Novels & Poems (ed. 2) III. 217 O my Guardian Angel, too remissive of thy Charge! why had I not some secret Warnings of my future Fate? 1871 Times 29 Nov. 8/2 It was somewhat remissive on my part not to have asked if a paper of the 3d inst. had been sent to you. 1923 Iowa City Press-Citizen 6 July 12/1 (advt.) We certainly would be remissive in our duty if this acknowledgment was not made. 1998 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 15 Oct. a1 It is remissive to not do whatever we can to develop these areas. 4. Remissible, esp. admitting of or capable of pardon. Frequently with of, to. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] remissive1592 acquitting1638 pardoning1645 forgiving1690 condonative1840 1592 B. Rich Aduentures Brusanus iii. xx. 167 Then I hope sir (aunswered Moderna) sith he hath cryed Peccaui, his faults be then remissiue both to God and the world. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. l. 271/2 Punishing seuerely the poore Souldier for small offences, but remissiue to the faults of their Captaines and Leaders. 1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel (1640) iii. 142 Absolons case was desperate,..Davids remissive pardon unlikely. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar viii. 79 No contrition alone is remissive of sins. 1681 H. Dodwell Reply Mr. Baxter's Pretended Confut. ii. 218 The whole design of his Discourse..is to exclude the Baptism of Hereticks from being remissive of sins, because the power of remitting sins is not granted to them. 1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt iii. 39 Thy tender Parent, Rome, is not Obdurate! I know her, by my own remissive Heart! In bare Imagination of the Joy, It melts, forgets its private Grief. 1758 H. Lee Sophron I. 212 For, considering the crime, Noah had at that time shewed a particular mark of his remissive love to Ham. 1835 S. Turner Hist. Reigns Edward VIth, Mary, & Elizabeth (ed. 3) III. iv. 123 He did not even wholly deny purgatory, or the pope's remissive power in a qualified degree. 1852 W. Anderson Exposure Popery (1878) 126 I judicially bestow on thee..grace remissive of all thy sins. 1952 Virginia Law Rev. 38 235 An equal number have clarified and limited this broad remissive statement by asserting that a pardon proceeds not upon the theory of innocence but implies guilt. a1998 B. Lang Future of Holocaust (1999) iii. xi. 171 The latter verdict is as harsh as the judgment at the other extreme is remissive. †5. Producing or allowing decrease of a quality, a force, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > producing or allowing decrease reductive1633 straiteninga1652 diminishing1665 diminutive1677 remissive1686 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 56 Fog..doth betray a Cause remissive of Cold. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 887 A Train of Heroes..bore by turns great Ajax' sev'nfold Shield; Whene'er he breath'd, remissive of his Might. 6. Chiefly Medicine. Characterized by abatement or remission; relating to remission. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe softening1685 remissive1686 abating1727 subsiding1779 slacking1859 slowing1877 surceasing1881 slackening1886 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ix. 285 [They] brought more days of excessive Heat, than of remissive Warmth. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 585 Remissive Lethargy. With short remissions or intervals of imperfect waking. 1938 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 38 430/2 This form of therapy offers hopeful possibilities for the production of remissive changes in the disease process. 1982 Acta Odontologica Scandinavica 40 403 At each visit, their clinical condition was assessed as mild, moderate, severe or remissive. 2003 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 98 Suppl. 1. S114/2 CD [= Crohn's disease] is a heterogeneous disease..ranging from remissive or indolent to severe intractable disease. Derivatives reˈmissively adv. rare ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] lightlyeOE remissively1537 unoppressively1656 with a loose rein1775 laxly1839 society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] > leniently remissively1537 lenitivelya1632 leniently1845 1537 Bp. Lee in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) III. 417 (modernized text) If your lordship will that I shall deal remissively herein..I shall gladly follow the same. a1628 J. Preston Breast-plate of Faith (1631) 147 Trust not in Christ by halves, remissively and imperfectly, and weakely, but trust perfectly. 1959 Speculum 34 418 Both the addition and admixture theorists agree in holding qualitative forms as intensively and remissively divisible. 2001 H. Dahashi Close Up vii. 255 He did so remissively, in full view of the world, for everyone to see. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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