Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Illegality or immorality
n
The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
n
The quality of being accursed.
adj
Illegal; unlicensed.
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A state of being adulterous.
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(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
adj
Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
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Bad ethics or morals; bad habits.
n
Any of the deadly sins.
n
The state of being condemned.
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The state or quality of being condescending.
adj
Debauched in character or practice; impure.
n
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, and so on.
n
(countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
adj
criminal; wicked; illegal
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(uncountable) The state of being criminal.
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Any of the seven deadly sins: anger, greed/avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, and sloth.
n
The state or quality of being deceitful.
n
The quality of being deceptive.
adj
(rare, humorous) godforsaken; particularly bad or terrible.
adj
transgressing morality
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(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
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The quality of being deprecatory.
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The state or quality of being dictatorial.
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(humorous) Dignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity.
adj
Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
n
Alternative spelling of decadent [A person affected by moral decay.]
n
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
n
(countable) A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness.
n
A wicked person.
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The quality of being felonious.
n
Felons as a group.
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(obsolete) Hostile.
n
Unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature.
n
(rare) fraudulence
n
A fixation on material possessions.
adj
(figuratively) Dissolute; decadent or morally corrupt.
adj
Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
n
(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
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(idiomatic) Humility, being humble.
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The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
n
(rare, obsolete) Humility.
adj
(obsolete) illicit
n
(countable) An immoral act or practice.
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The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
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(psychology) The feeling of being an impostor.
n
(uncountable) The state of being impounded.
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The state of being an imp.
adj
(rare) Unchaste.
adj
Obsolete form of inimical. [Harmful in effect.]
adj
Of or pertaining to innuendo; containing innuendo.
n
Unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought, either express or implied, with the absence of intention.
adj
Misconstruction of licentious [Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled]
adj
Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
n
The act or state of being a mendicant
n
the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary
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The state or condition of being mercenary.
n
(sociology) A form or instance of microaggression involving purposeful discriminatory action, such as a verbal attack or avoidant behaviour.
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(sociology) A form or instance of microaggression that demeans a person's racial heritage or identity.
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(sociology) A form of microaggression that excludes or negates a person's experience, thoughts or feelings.
adj
(of a person) Born out of wedlock; illegitimate.
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One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
adj
Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of a misdemeanor.
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(law) Any base or vile conduct, contrary to accepted morals, that sometimes accompanies a crime
n
mortification; abstinence
adj
Wicked, immoral.
n
The act or status of committing a criminal offense.
adj
Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles.
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(criminal law, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Pakistan) molestation; indecent assault, especially against women
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Sinful.
adj
Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
v
(transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
adj
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
adj
Tending to or encouraging immoral behaviour.
adj
Bordering on criminal; having certain characteristics of a crime.
n
An individual with low morals or principles.
n
Obsolete form of sacrilege. [Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.]
adj
Humbling by the consciousness of guilt or by shame.
n
The state of having a sinecure.
adv
To an extent or degree that is sinful.
n
The practice of expecting less from members of a disadvantaged group and thus implicitly encouraging those people not to reach their full potential.
n
The totality of perceived dangers to children presented by strangers.
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(obsolete, rare) The act of tarrying; dalliance
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(attributive, derogatory, informal) Any developing country, or a country lacking the perceived rudiments of civilization.
n
The state or quality of being traitorous.
adv
So as to transgress; in a transgressive manner.
adj
Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
n
The quality of being treasonable.
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incorruption
n
The characteristic of being underhanded.
v
(transitive) To destroy the moral principles of.
adj
Vulgar, plebeian, lowbrow.
adv
In a usurious way.
n
Obsolete form of vainness. [The property of being vain.]
adj
Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
n
(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin that is not a mortal sin; a sin that is not grave, or was not deliberate or was committed without a full understanding of the consequences.
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(uncountable) The quality of being venial (pardonable).
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The quality of being venial (pardonable).
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moral corruption
n
A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

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