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inexcusability

inexcusability

9.0
A state when an action is so wrong that people cannot excuse or justify it
  • noun
  • /ˌɪnɪkˈskjuːzəˌbɪlɪti/
translation icon : inexcusabilidad
  • Her constant lateness showed the inexcusability of her disregard for other people's time.

Examples

  • One of the triggers to Goodwin's doctrinal rethinking was the question of sin's inexcusability.

    Academic text (2018)
  • It is for God to sanctify whom He will, and to reveal to wayfarers the inexcusability of their sins.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The Synod of Dort upheld against the Arminians the inexcusability of the "natural man," who, unable to be led to salvation via the path lit by natural light, "pollutes" that light in whose "glimmerings" God, and the difference between good and evil, may be known.

    Academic text (2018)
  • But if the law's accusatory purpose is to render inexcusable the sinner's sin, must the deprivation of excuse not rely upon the presumption that inexcusability is a corollary of unactuated capability?

    Academic text (2018)
  • The judge emphasized the inexcusability of the defendant's actions during the trial.

  • Many felt that the inexcusability of his behavior warranted immediate consequences.

Synonyms

indefensibility
vsinexcusability
9.0

Impossible to excuse or protect from criticism

is morally unforgivable rather than merely unable to withstand criticism
untenability
vsinexcusability
9.1

The state of something that cannot be defended or shown to be right

is morally unforgivable rather than merely unable to be maintained

How Excusable

justification
156 4.0
inexcusability
9.0
fault
1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

inexcusability = inexcusable (transparent) = in + excuse + able + ity

This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'inexcusable' meaning the state or quality of being inexcusable.

Etymology

The word inexcusability breaks into parts: in- 'not', excuse 'a reason to forgive', and -ability 'the quality of being'. So, inexcusability is the 'state of not being able to be excused', which is why it means something cannot be excused or justified.