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The act of letting go in; admission.

Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes. Burke. -- Ir`re*mis"si*ble, n. -- Ir`re*mis"si*bly, adv.

Refusal of pardon.

Not remitting; unforgiving.

tained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe. [Written also koumyss, kumiss, kumish, and kumys.] Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine or spirits. J. H. Newman.

See Koumiss.

act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." Arbuthnot.

A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure. B. G. Wildex.

Failure to be admitted.

Not having a commission. Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.

Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.

Not submissive.

Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

equired by propriety or duty. The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission. Addison.

Leaving out; omitting. Bp. Hall. -- O*mis"sive*ly, adv.

-- Forgiveness, Pardon. Forgiveness is Anglo-Saxon, and pardon Norman French, both implying a giving back. The word pardon, being early used in our Bible, has, in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them, such as we often find between corres…

A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent. [Obs.] Milton.

The quality of being permissible; permissibleness; allowableness.

That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. -- Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mis"si*bly, adv.

ng or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted. High permission of all-ruling Heaven. Milton. You have given me your permission for this address. Dryden.