Definition of remiss

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Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..

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Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
Remittent :: Remittent (a.) Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.
Remitment :: Remitment (n.) The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission..
Irremittable :: Irremittable (a.) Not capable of being remitted; irremissible.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
Remissory :: Remissory (a.) Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive..
Paroxysm :: Paroxysm (n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions..
Remission :: Remission (n.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement..
Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator..
Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off..
Remissness :: Remissness (n.) Quality or state of being remiss.
Remissible :: Remissible (a.) Capable of being remitted or forgiven.
Remission :: Remission (n.) The act of sending back.
Recrudescency :: Recrudescency (n.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..
Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables..
Remissive :: Remissive (a.) Remitting; forgiving; abating.
Irremission :: Irremission (n.) Refusal of pardon.
Premiss :: Premiss (n.) Premise.
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