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  • Miscreancy — Miscreance Mis cre*ance, Miscreancy Mis cre*an*cy, n. [OF. mescreance, F. m[ e]cr[ e]ance incredulity.] The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • miscreancy — nsē, si noun ( es) 1. archaic : misbelief 2. : villainy embittered by the miscreancy of those who had cheated them …   Useful english dictionary

  • miscreancy — /mis kree euhn see/, n. 1. the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy. 2. Archaic. miscreance. [1605 15; MISCRE(ANT) + ANCY] * * * …   Universalium

  • miscreancy — n. villainy, wickedness; state of a miscreant …   English contemporary dictionary

  • miscreancy — mis·cre·an·cy …   English syllables

  • miscreancy — /ˈmɪskriənsi/ (say miskreeuhnsee) noun Obsolete 1. → miscreance. 2. the state or condition of a miscreant; turpitude. {miscre(ant) + ancy} …  

  • Miscreance — Mis cre*ance, Miscreancy Mis cre*an*cy, n. [OF. mescreance, F. m[ e]cr[ e]ance incredulity.] The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wrong — 1 n 1: a violation of the rights of another; esp: tort 2: something (as conduct, practices, or qualities) contrary to justice, goodness, equity, or law the difference between right and wrong wrong 2 vt: to do a wrong to …   Law dictionary

  • wrong — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. immoral (see wrong); mistaken, unfactual; unsuitable, improper. See error, disagreement. n. evil, harm, injury. See wrong, malevolence. II Deviation from moral right Nouns 1. wrong, wrongfulness …   English dictionary for students

  • baseness — n 1. vileness, meanness, lowness, viciousness, badness; sordidness, ignobility, foulness, sinisterness, darkness, black heartedness; balefulness, dread fulness, direness, direfulness, grimness; malice, maleficence, invidiousness; wickedness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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