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peccancy

NOUN
crime
Synonyms
WEAK
abomination antisocial behavior atrocity breach break caper case corruption criminality delict delictum delinquency depravity dereliction deviltry diablerie enormity evil evil behavior evildoing fast one fault felony hit illegality immorality infraction infringement iniquity job lawlessness malefaction malfeasance misconduct misdeed misdemeanor mortal sin offense outrage racket scandal sin sneak tort transgression trespass unlawful act vice villainy violation wickedness wrong wrongdoing
NOUN
evil
Synonyms
WEAK
affliction baseness blow calamity catastrophe corruption crime criminality curse debauchery depravity devilry diabolism harm hatred heinousness hurt ill impiety indecency infamy iniquity injury knavery lewdness licentiousness looseness malevolence malignity meanness mischief misery misfortune obscenity outrage pain perversity ruin sin sinfulness sorrow suffering turpitude vice viciousness vileness villainy wickedness woe wrong wrongdoing

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Miss Middleton rebuked him, enjoying his wriggle between a perception of her fun and an acknowledgment of his peccancy.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

There are a great many called up for this particular form of peccancy, you observe; even Master David has to lay aside his Psalm Book, and go forward with the others for chastisement.

From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch

All which he concludes with mentioning the waies and remedies to cure the manifold peccancy of this juyce by Evacuations and Alterations.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry