adv. [UN-1 11.] Without conditions.
a. 1660. Hammond, Serm. 2 Cor. vii. 1, Wks. 1684, IV. 503. We are the special Favorites to whom those Promises are unconditionally consign’d.
1743. Wesley, Jrnl., 23 Aug. That God before the foundation of the world, did unconditionally elect certain persons to do certain works.
1791. Boswell, Johnson, I. 206, July 1762. Thus, then, it is clear, there was nothing inconsistent or humiliating in Johnson’s accepting of a pension so unconditionally and so honourably offered to him.
1837. Ht. Martineau, Soc. Amer., III. 287. That faith which would lead them … to appropriate all truth, fearlessly and unconditionally.
1882. Farrar, Early Chr., II. 469. Yet Christ prayed unconditionally for his murderers.
