Decrying

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A decrial.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of decry form-of, gerund, participle, present

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slanderous

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"In decrying the body as something evil, the flesh as the tempter to everything that is sinful, man has mutilated his being in the vain attempt to keep his soul pure, while his body rotted away from the injuries and tortures inflicted upon it."

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