Their acceptance indeed, as a formula, may show a willing and tractable spirit, and they may to that extent have a value : but such acceptance differs of course from belief in being admittedly a voluntary act, and not a mere immeritorious and reluctant yielding to the brute weight of evidence.
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immeritorious — index arrant (onerous), blameful, depraved, sinister Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
immeritorious — … Useful english dictionary
meritorious — adjective /ˌmɛrɪˈtɔriəs, ˈtoʊr / deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department. Ant: immeritorious See Also: meritoriously … Wiktionary
blameful — I adjective abject, accusable, at fault, blamable, blameworthy, censorious, censurable, censured, chargeable, compunctious, condemnable, condemned, contemptible, contemptuous, corrupt, criminal, criminous, criticized, culpable, damnatory, decried … Law dictionary
depraved — de·praved /di prāvd/ adj: marked by moral corruption or perversion as shown by a capacity for extreme and wanton physical cruelty the depraved state of mind of the murderer the depraved nature of the crime Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… … Law dictionary
sinister — I adjective alarming, baleful, baneful, blameworthy, censurable, cold blooded, comminatory, conscienceless, contemptible, corrupt, creepy, cruel, culpable, dangerous, demoniac, demoniacal, deserving of condemnation, designing, despiteful,… … Law dictionary
