English → Latin
“unpardonable” in Latin
inexpiābilisimplacable; inexpiablevitiumflaw, defect, blemish, imperfection; vice; crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, faultscelusan evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action; wickedness, villainy; criminal, villain, felon, scoundrel, rascal, rfrauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harm
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unpardonable
major quam cui ignosci possit (too heinous to be pardoned): quod nihil excusationis habet (inexcusable; e.g., vitium): inexpiabilis (that cannot be atoned for; e.g., scelus; fraus). A sin, therefore, is not the less unpardonable, because, etc., nulla est igitur excusatio peccati, si, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unpardonable?
- The usual Latin words for “unpardonable” are inexpiābilis, vitium, scelus; also fraus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.