different between disesteem vs remissness

English

Etymology

dis- +? esteem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s??sti?m/

Noun

disesteem (uncountable)

1. Lack of esteem; disregard.

Verb

disesteem (third-person singular simple present disesteems, present participle disesteeming, simple past and past participle disesteemed)

1. To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 130

Anagrams

• seedtimes

English

Etymology

From remiss +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m?sn?s/

Noun

remissness (countable and uncountable, plural remissnesses)

1. The characteristic of being remiss

   Synonyms: carelessness, negligence, tardiness

   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     Impunity and remissenes, for certain are the bane of a Commonwealth, but here the great art lyes to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things perswasion only is to work.

   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:

     I have copied them chiefly to show you the extreme remissness of the police, who, as far as I can understand from the Prefect, have not troubled themselves, in any respect, with an examination of the naval officer alluded to.

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