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unwarrantable

adj

Etymology

From un- + warrantable.

  1. derived from warandir
  2. derived from warantir
  3. inherited from warrant
  4. derived from *warand✻
  5. derived from guarant
  6. derived from warant
  7. derived from warrant
  8. inherited from warant — “protector; guard, shield, protection”
  9. suffixed as warrantable — “warrant + able”
  10. formed as unwarrantable — “un- + warrantable”

Definitions

  1. Not warrantable

    Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable

    • Another thing, that engageth our affections to unwarrantable conclusions, and is therefore fatal to Science; is our doting on Antiquity, and the opinions of our Fathers.
    • [T]he taking up arms, merely to enforce the repeal of a pecuniary law, seems as unwarrantable by the divine law, and as repugnant to human feelings, as the taking up arms to enforce the obedience thereto.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unwarrantable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unwarrantable02indefensible03excused04excuse05pardon06forgive07compensation08principle09assumption

A definitional loop anchored at unwarrantable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at unwarrantable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA