remissive
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin remissivus. See remit.
Adjective edit
remissive (comparative more remissive, superlative most remissive)
- Remitting; forgiving; abating.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata:
- a most merciful King, who was most remiſſive of Wrongs
References edit
- “remissive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
remissive