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concupiscence

noun as in lust

Weak match

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This is in support of Mr. Weingarten’s application for a deferment due to a severe, intractable, and, I fear, chronic lifelong case of concupiscence.

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There is plenty of human arrogance and concupiscence behind it all, though: of that you may be sure.

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And this ardor, to which Augustine gives the technical name “concupiscence,” was not simply a natural endowment or a divine blessing; it was a touch of evil.

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Each reader gets a little gift bag of concupiscence.

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He seemed to have poor luck with concupiscence in general.

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