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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small fault |
| Synonyms: | bad habit, faux pas, impropriety, indiscretion, minor fault, minor infraction, minor sin, misdemeanor, petty offense, slight transgression, small infraction, small sin, venial sin, vice |
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| Main Entry: | imperfection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
| Synonyms: | blemish, bug*, catch, defect, deficiency, deformity, demerit, disfigurement, failing, fallibility, fault, foible, frailty, glitch*, gremlin, inadequacy, incompleteness, infirmity, insufficiency, peccadillo, problem, shortcoming, sin, stain, taint, weak point, weakness |
| Antonyms: | excellence, flawlessness, perfection, purity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misdeed/misdemeanor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sin, crime |
| Synonyms: | breach of law, criminality, dirt*, dirty deed, dirty pool, fault, infringement, malefaction, misbehavior, misconduct, miscue, offense, peccadillo, slipup, transgression, trespass, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | goodness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation, trespass |
| Synonyms: | breach, crime, delinquency, fault, infraction, lapse, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, peccadillo, sin, transgression, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | obedience |
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal or immoral action |
| Synonyms: | anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, evil-doing, fault, gluttony, guilt, immorality, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccability, peccadillo, peccancy, pride, shortcoming, sinfulness, sloth, tort, transgression, trespass, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, goodness, morality |
| Main Entry: | misdeed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crime |
| Synonyms: | criminality, dirt, dirty deed, dirty pool, fault, infringement, malefaction, misbehavior, misconduct, miscue, misdemeanor, offense, peccadillo, sin, slipup, transgression, trespass, villainy, violation, wrong |
| Main Entry: | venial sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slight transgression |
| Synonyms: | impropriety, indiscretion, lapse, minor wrong, misstep, peccadillo, slight, slip, vice |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Imperfection. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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-nouns
imperfection; imperfectness; deficiency; inadequacy (insufficiency); peccancy (badness); immaturity., fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw (break); gap; twist; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish; weakness; half blood; shortcoming; drawback; seamy side., mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-borse shay.
-verbs
be imperfect; have a defect; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak., not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short.
-adjectives
imperfect; not perfect; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped (distort); lame; injured (deteriorated); peccant (bad); frail (weak); inadequate (insufficient); crude (unprepared); incomplete; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement., indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing., secondary, inferior; second-rate, second-best; one-horse [U.S.].
-adverbs
almost; to a limited extent, rather [more]; pretty, moderately, passing; only, considering, all things considered, enough.
-phrases
surgit amari aliquid.
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| Antonyms: | perfection |
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