English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin obduratio.

Noun edit

obduration (countable and uncountable, plural obdurations)

  1. (obsolete) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
    • 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:
      thou seest me decline to a careless obduration, and to a disrespective forgetfulness of thy mercies

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