remissness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REMISS'NESS, noun Slackness; slowness; carelessness; negligence; want of ardor or vigor; coldness; want of ardor; want of punctuality; want of attention to any business, duty or engagement in the proper time or with the requisite industry.
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