Synonyms for peccancy
- 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
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WORD ORIGIN
c.1600, from Latin peccantem (nominative pecans) "sinful," present participle of peccare "to sin" (see peccadillo). As a noun from 1620s. Related: Peccancy.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PECCANCY
evildoing
nountransgressionfault
nounblame, sin; mistake- accountability
- answerability
- blunder
- crime
- culpability
- defect
- delinquency
- dereliction
- error
- evil doing
- failing
- flaw
- foible
- frailty
- guilt
- impropriety
- inaccuracy
- indiscretion
- infirmity
- lapse
- liability
- loss of innocence
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- misconduct
- miscue
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- negligence
- offense
- omission
- onus
- oversight
- peccancy
- responsibility
- slip
- slip-up
- solecism
- transgression
- trespass
- vice
- weakness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
faults
nounblame, sin; mistake- accountability
- answerability
- blunder
- crime
- culpability
- defect
- delinquency
- dereliction
- error
- evil doing
- failing
- flaw
- foible
- frailty
- guilt
- impropriety
- inaccuracy
- indiscretion
- infirmity
- lapse
- liability
- loss of innocence
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- misconduct
- miscue
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- negligence
- offense
- omission
- onus
- oversight
- peccancy
- responsibility
- slip
- slip-up
- solecism
- transgression
- trespass
- vice
- weakness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
immorality
nouncrime- 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
- infraction
- infringement
- iniquity
- job
- lawlessness
- malefaction
- malfeasance
- misconduct
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- mortal sin
- offense
- outrage
- peccancy
- racket
- scandal
- sin
- sneak
- tort
- transgression
- trespass
- unlawful act
- vice
- villainy
- violation
- wickedness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
sin
nounillegal or immoral action- anger
- covetousness
- crime
- damnation
- debt
- deficiency
- demerit
- disobedience
- envy
- error
- evil
- evil-doing
- fault
- gluttony
- guilt
- immorality
- imperfection
- iniquity
- lust
- misdeed
- offense
- peccability
- peccadillo
- peccancy
- pride
- shortcoming
- sinfulness
- sloth
- tort
- transgression
- trespass
- ungodliness
- unrighteousness
- veniality
- vice
- violation
- wickedness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
- wrongness
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