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venial sin: a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace

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felony collapse: a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

misdeed collapse

tort collapse: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

peccadillo collapse

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

genocide collapse: systematic killing of a racial or cultural group

misdemeanor collapse: a crime less serious than a felony

transgression collapse: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"; the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

malfeasance collapse: wrongful conduct by a public official

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

nonfeasance collapse: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

dereliction collapse: willful negligence

injustice collapse: an unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair

misfeasance collapse: doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

disorderly conduct collapse: any act of molesting or interrupting or hindering or disquieting or agitating or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled

delinquency collapse: an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor; a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"; nonpayment of a debt when due

enormity collapse: an act of extreme wickedness; the quality of extreme wickedness; vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"

horseplay collapse: rowdy or boisterous play

offense collapse: the action of attacking an enemy; the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

wrongdoing collapse: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

atrocity collapse: an act of atrocious cruelty; the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

misconduct collapse: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

indiscretion collapse: a petty misdeed; the trait of being injudicious

discourtesy collapse: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others; a manner that is rude and insulting

vice collapse: a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"

trespass collapse: entry to another's property without right or permission; a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages; break the law; make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"; enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"

omission collapse: a mistake resulting from neglect; neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something; any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases; something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"

breach collapse: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation; an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

outrage collapse: a wantonly cruel act

evildoing collapse

impropriety collapse: an improper demeanor; the condition of being improper

injury collapse: an act that injures someone; an accident that results in physical damage or hurt; any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

roughhouse collapse: engage in rough or disorderly play

error collapse: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed; departure from what is ethically acceptable; a misconception resulting from incorrect information; part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"; (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

remissible collapse

forgivable collapse

pardonable collapse: admitting of being pardoned

excusable collapse: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error"; capable of being overlooked

lawbreaking collapse

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