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peccant

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pec·cant  (pknt)
adj.
1. Sinful; guilty.
2. Violating a rule or an accepted practice; erring.
[Latin peccns, peccant-, present participle of peccre, to sin; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
peccan·cy n.
peccant·ly adv.
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Adj.1.peccant - liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott
peccable
wicked - morally bad in principle or practice
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But let us call to Synod all the Blest Through Heav'ns wide bounds; from them I will not hide My judgments, how with Mankind I proceed, As how with peccant Angels late they saw; And in thir state, though firm, stood more confirmd.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
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