obduration

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noun

A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.

OriginLatin obduratio →
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Meanings

nounobduration (countable and uncountable, plural obdurations)

plural obdurations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableA hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.

    thou seest me decline to a careless obduration, and to a disrespective forgetfulness of thy mercies

    1651, Jos[eph] Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinobduratio
  2. Englishobduration

From Latin obduratio.

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Chicago

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