remissness









remissness


adjective

  1. negligent, careless, or slow in performing one’s duty, business, etc.: He’s terribly remiss in his work.
  2. characterized by negligence or carelessness.
  3. lacking force or energy; languid; sluggish.

adjective (postpositive)

  1. lacking in care or attention to duty; negligent
  2. lacking in energy; dilatory
adj.

early 15c., “weak, dissolved,” from Latin remissus “relaxed, languid; negligent,” past participle of remittere “slacken, abate, let go” (see remit). Meaning “characterized by lack of strictness” is attested from mid-15c.; that of “characterized by negligence” is from mid-15c.

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