| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A serious breaking of the public law: illegality, misdeed, offense. Law : felony. See CRIMES. 2. A wicked act or wicked behavior: deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, peccancy, sin, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing. See RIGHT. 3. Something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice: offense, outrage, sin. See RIGHT. 4. A great disappointment or regrettable fact: pity, shame. Slang : bummer. Idioms: a crying shame. See GOOD.
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