Meanings
adjectiveremissful (comparative more remissful, superlative most remissful)
comparative more remissful · superlative most remissful
- Inclined to remit punishment; clement, lenient.
[T]he heauens in their remisfull doome, / Tooke thoſe beſt lou'd from vvorſer dayes to come.
1605, Michaell Draiton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “The First Booke of the Barrons Warres”, in Poems: […], London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] Ling, →OCLC, stanza 11, page 5Synonyms: easygoing, lax, soft-handed, clement, easygoing, forbearing, indulgent, lax
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveInclined to remit punishment; clement, lenient.
Origin
From remiss (adjective) + -ful.
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