remissory

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adjective

Serving or tending to pardon, or to secure remission.

“remissory power”

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Meanings

adjectiveremissory (comparative more remissory, superlative most remissory)

comparative more remissory · superlative most remissory

  1. Serving or tending to pardon, or to secure remission.

    remissory power

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    remissory sentence

    They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory.

    1549 January 18, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough

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Anagrams

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APA

remissory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remissory

MLA

“remissory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remissory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remissory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remissory.

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