What is fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "Petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth called?
petrifaction — Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "Petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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