Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remissory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-mis-so-ry
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving or tending to pardon, or to secure remission.

Example Sentences

"remissory power"
"remissory sentence"
"They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory."

Inflected Forms

more remissory (comparative) most remissory (superlative)

Questions

What does remissory mean?: Serving or tending to pardon, or to secure remission.

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