Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-PAS'SION-ATE
DIS-PAS'SIONDIS-PAS'SION-ATE-LY
DIS-PAS'SION-ATE, a.
- Free from passion; calm; composed; impartial; moderate; temperate; unmoved by feelings; applied to persons; as, dispassionate men or judges.
- Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; applied to things; as, dispassionate proceedings.
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