Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being illimitable; freedom from limitation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State of being illimitable; lack of, or freedom from, limitation.
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- noun Lack of
limitations ;freedom from checks or restraints.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The philosophic term "person" is utterly indifferent to the ideas of limitation or illimitation.
Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles W. R. Washington Sullivan
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The limitation of the natural sciences postulates the illimitation of philosophy.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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"The Infinite and the Absolute are _only_ the names of two counter _imbecilities_ of the human mind" [296] -- that is, a mental inability to conceive an absolute limitation, or an infinite illimitation; an absolute commencement, or an infinite non-commencement.
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Quantitative Infinity is illimitation by _quantity_.
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"impotence of thought" -- that is, by a mental inability to conceive an absolute limitation or an infinite illimitation, an absolute commencement or an infinite non-commencement.
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"What notion could you have had of majesty, if the heavens seemed scarce higher than the earth? what feeling of the grandeur of him we call God, of his illimitation in goodness?
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2 George MacDonald 1864
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"What notion could you have had of majesty, if the heavens seemed scarce higher than the earth? what feeling of the grandeur of him we call God, of his illimitation in goodness?
What's Mine's Mine — Complete George MacDonald 1864
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