unremittedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈmɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈmɪdᵻd/ 1. Of a sin, offence, etc.: not forgiven or pardoned; unexpiated, unatoned for. Of a debt, punishment, etc.: not cancelled or rescinded.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > unforgiving > unforgiven
unremitted1539
unforgiven1565
unpardoned1565
unexcusedc1650
1539 Aberdeen Burgh Rec. in A. J. Mill Mediaeval Plays in Scotl. (1927) 127 Thai ordane thaim to pay the balȝes wnlaw on remettit.
1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles vii. 331 The Ministers plant, buylde, wynne men vnto God, remyt sinnes, and keepe them vnremitted,..bicause God doth vouchsafe to vse their ministerie, in bringing them to passe.
1646 H. Hammond Severall Tracts 27 Sin unretracted..doth certainly stand upon the sinners score unremitted.
1678 W. Thomas Serm. preached before Lords 2 He had set them for Brands of an unparallel'd unremitted guilt.
1728 T. Richards Nativity of Christ 13 Punishment in another State is strictly due to Guilt unremitted in this.
1780 E. Smith Life Review'd 131 If thou shou'd'st die in unremitted Sin, The God thou trod'st on, will not take thee in.
1842 Hints from Pen to Tongue 42 There [sc. the past], resentment keeps her long score of unremitted debts.
1846 A. J. Dayman (title) Sins unremitted; sins remitted; and no sin in remitting.
1920 K. E. Kirk Some Princs. Moral Theol. v. 111 The poena temporalis remains unremitted [by absolution].
1959 D. Knowles Relig. Orders in Eng. III. iv. 48 Too often, for whatever reason, an unremitted sentence was disobeyed or given the go-by.
1991 Conjunctions 16 321 A baroque and bustout tale of love foredoomed and sin unremitted.
2.
a. Of an activity, condition, process, etc.: continuous, constant, incessant; = unremitting adj. 1.Common from the mid-18th cent. until the late 19th cent.; unremitting is now more usual.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action) > unremitting
dreichc1400
unrespited1593
unslacked1593
unremitteda1630
unrelented1651
unremitting1668
unflagging1715
unrelaxing1715
unbating1744
unslackening1768
unabatinga1774
unremittent1776
unreceding1810
irremissive1817
remitless1818
unrelaxed1825
unslackened1870
bateless1886
a1630 J. Wilson Zacheus Converted (1631) 148 With unremitted care she indures to give it sucke, to nourish it and foster it.
1652 W. Charleton Darknes Atheism ii. 59 The perpendicularity of its unremitted heat [would] have exhausted the fructifying humidity of the earth.
1727 A. Boyer Dictionaire Royal (rev. ed.) (at cited word) Unremitted, (incessant), continuel.
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 430 Against the..stubborn hill To urge bold Virtue's unremitted nerve.
1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper I. 13 Her endeavours..had been unremitted.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. x. 303 Assiduity and unremitted attention.
1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. I. 26 The fatigues of such years of unremitted toil.
1882 P. M. Reed Bench & Bar Wisconsin 49 His application was unremitted in the study of the law bearing upon the causes before him.
1921 W. L. Sperry Disciplines of Liberty ix. 158 Here is the sum of the experience of man in society in his unremitted venture of trial and error.
2011 Federal News Service (Nexis) 26 Oct. China and North Korea..will make unremitted efforts to consolidate and develop their friendship further.
b. Of a person: persistent or unrelenting (in a task or activity); = unremitting adj. 2. Now rare.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective]
unwearyc893
unwearieda1240
perseverant1340
continuing1393
persevering?a1425
importunate1477
infatigable?1510
unfatigablec1550
persisting1552
unweariable1561
holdfast1567
indefatigable1586
patient1590
faintless1593
untired1597
untired1600
assidual1605
unrelenting1606
persistive1609
unwearyinga1614
hard1615
indefesse1621
constant1639
assiduous1660
dogged1700
unremitting1730
inexhaustible1762
unremitted1774
untiring1823
persistent1830
sleuth1864
tug-like1890
1774 Public Advertiser 7 Sept. You have been uniform and unremitted in your Support of that Gentleman.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 329 Several men of abilities..were unremitted in their endeavours.
1833 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. July 532 The pastor..ought to be..unremitted in his superintendence of the masters.
1892 M. M. Bagg et al. Memorial Hist. Utica, N.Y. xii. 392 Mr. Lawrence assumed most of the load and was unremitted in his duty through storm and through cold.
1979 Aberdeen Rev. 48 77 A distinguished and unremitted worker for wider European commerce and trade.
3. Of a sum of money: not transferred from one place or person to another; spec. (of income earned abroad) not transferred to the worker's or company's home country.
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1878 Liverpool Mercury 16 Oct. 8/3 The balance now remaining in his hands unremitted amounts to $169,064.
1905 J. Buchan Law Taxation Foreign Income iv. 36 The unremitted foreign profits were not held liable to taxation.
1934 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 97 636 I know of no centre in the film industry where unremitted funds are left to accumulate.
1959 Social & Econ. Stud. 8 72 This of course includes the unremitted profits of those companies which have been classified as expatriate concerns.
2014 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 30 Jan. b6 This exemption of unremitted foreign income is what makes the U.K. the best tax haven in the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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