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  • 51wickedness — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, arrantness, badness, baseness, bitchiness, corruption, criminality, cussedness, damnability, debt, delinquency, depravity, deviance, deviancy, devilishness, devilment, devilry,… …

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  • 52BASEL, COUNCIL OF —    met in 1431, and laboured for 12 years to effect the reformation of the Church from within. It effected some compromise with the Hussites, but was hampered at every step by the opposition of Pope Eugenius IV. Asserting the authority of a… …

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  • 53indecorous — (adj.) 1670s, from L. indecorus unbecoming, unseemly, unsightly, from in not, opposite of, without (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + decorus becoming, fitting, seemly, proper (see DECOROUS (Cf. decorous)). Related: Indecorously; indecorousness …

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  • 54indecorous — adjective not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper. Derivatives indecorously adverb indecorousness noun …

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  • 55impropriety — n. 1. Unsuitableness, unfitness, inappositeness, inappropriateness. 2. Unseemliness, indecorum, indecorousness. 3. Inaccuracy, incorrectness …

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  • 56indecorum — n. 1. Indecorousness, indecency, impropriety, grossness, rudeness, incivility, impoliteness, violation of propriety, ill breeding, ill manners, want of decorum, impropriety of behavior. 2. Act of indecorum, breach of decorum, breach of propriety …

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  • 57impropriety — noun 1) a suggestion of impropriety Syn: wrongdoing, misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, unscrupulousness, unprofessionalism, irregularity; unseemliness, indecorousness, indelicacy, indecency, immorality 2) fiscal improprieties Syn …

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  • 58impropriety — n incorrectness, nonconformance, indecorum, indecorousness, bad taste; unseemliness, imprudence, immodesty; inappropriateness, incongruity, unsuitability, unsuitableness. 2. blunder, slip, mistake, error, faux pas, fault; mishap, misstep,… …

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  • 59indecency — n 1. impropriety, improperness, indecorum, indecorousness; gaucheness, gaucherie, uncouthness, crassness, boorishness, rudeness, ill breeding, unmannerliness, ill manneredness, uncivility, uncivilness, ungentlemanliness; inappropriateness,… …

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  • 60indecorum — n 1. impropriety, improperness, incorrectness, unseemliness, unbecomingness, inappro priateness, unsuitableness, unfittingness, indecorousness; inelegance, indelicacy, tastelessness, bad taste; impoliteness, incivility, ungentlemanliness,… …

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