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English
Etymology
From Latin obduratio.
Noun
obduration (countable and uncountable, plural obdurations)
- (obsolete) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
1651, Jos Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, , 2nd edition, London: Will Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, , →OCLC:thou seest me decline to a careless obduration, and to a disrespective forgetfulness of thy mercies
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