Peccancy

//ˈpɛkənsi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sin or moral transgression. countable

    "[T]his distorting of equivocall words, which passeth commonly for a triviall peccancy, if it be well examined, will be found a very dangerous admission; for me thinks this may be termed a verbal adultery, as it vitiateth and corrupts the property of another, which would have remained innocent without that sollicitation, and therefore seemeth much a souler fault, than a single incontinency of our own words."

  2. 2
    Sinfulness. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A state of being flawed; faultiness. countable, rare, uncountable
  4. 4
    Unhealthiness. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From post-classical Latin peccantia, from Latin peccāns, present participle of peccō (“to sin”).

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