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Search phrase: remiss

Plays

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CoriolanusCor V.ii.80My revenge properly, my remission liesMy Reuenge properly, my remission lies
HamletHam IV.vii.133And wager on your heads. He, being remiss,And wager on your heads, he being remisse,
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.ii.38A ragged and forestalled remission.A ragged, and fore-stall'd Remission.
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.iii.29That thus we die while remiss traitors sleep.That thus we dye, while remisse Traitors sleepe.
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.96Either now, or by remissness new, conceived,Either now, or by remissenesse, new conceiu'd,
Measure for MeasureMM IV.ii.112I told you. Lord Angelo, belike thinking me remissI told you: Lord Angelo (be-like) thinking me remisse
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.495I find an apt remission in myself,I finde an apt remission in my selfe:
Richard IIR2 III.ii.33He means, my lord, that we are too remiss,He meanes, my Lord, that we are too remisse,
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.iv.140The prince must think me tardy and remiss,The Prince must thinke me tardy and remisse,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.65And ask remission for my folly past.And aske remission, for my folly past.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.714 The guilty rebel for remission prays. The guiltie rebell for remission praies.

Glossary

 9 result(s).
extenuationexcuse, mitigation, remission
majormajor premiss, proposition
remisscareless, inattentive, negligent
remissionpower to pardon, inclination to forgive
remissionpardon, forgiveness
remissnessnegligence, laxity, carelessness
slackless attentive, remiss, lax
slackneglect, be remiss [to]
truantnegligent student, remiss practitioner, absentee

Thesaurus

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major premissmajor
practitioner, remisstruant
premiss, majormajor
remissslack
remiss practitionertruant
remiss, beslack
remissionextenuation

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
REMISSBASICremiss adj, remission n, remissness n, remit v

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