used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
abstractverbUS /æbˈstrækt/
consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
a quantity of money
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
angelicalness
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
antitheses
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
barbaritynounUS /bɑːrˈbærəti/
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
derisionnounUS /dərˈɪʒən/
contemptuous laughter
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
dispositionnounUS /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/
your usual mood
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
emanating from God
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
endurancenounUS /ˈendərəns/
the power to withstand hardship or stress
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
divisible by two
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
at any time
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
facileadjectiveUS /ˈfæsəl/
superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
flagrantadjectiveUS /ˈfleɪɡrənt/
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
healedadjectiveUS /hiːld/
freed from illness or injury
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
honourablyadverbUS /ˈɑːnərəbli/
with honor
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
ignoreverbUS /ˌɪɡˈnɔːr/
refuse to acknowledge
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
iniquitynounUS /ˌɪˈnɪkwɪti/
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
subject to death
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
not any; not one
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
offencenoun
the action of attacking an enemy
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
offences
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
on one occasion
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
and nothing more
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
accept an excuse for
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
pretendedadjectiveUS /priˈtendɪd/
adopted in order to deceive
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
without much difficulty
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
relativesnounUS /ˈrelətɪvz/
plural of “relative” — a person related by blood or marriage
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
only a very short time before
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
estrangement from god
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
SinceritynounUS /sɪnˈserəti/
an earnest and sincere feeling
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
to a sufficient degree
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
sweetnessnounUS /ˈswiːtnəs/
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
express in words
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
thereafteradverbUS /ðeˈræftər/
from that time on
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
thoughtlessnessnoun
the quality of failing to be considerate of others
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
unparalleledadjectiveUS /ənˈperəleld/
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
well-to-doadjective
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
which person or people
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
woundsnounUS /wuːndz/
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
