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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unpersuasion, n. [Persuasio(u)n(e n.] The condition of being unpersuaded or convinced. —a1684 Leighton Comm. Peter 7.
The word here us'd for disobedience signifies properly unpersuasion … we are children of disobedience, or unpersuasibleness
