amissnessn.
/əˈmɪsnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈmɪsnᵻs/ Somewhat rare.
The state of being or doing amiss; (occasionally) an instance of this, an error, a shortcoming.
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence
sinc825
guilt971
man deedOE
evilOE
misbodea1200
follya1275
unthrift1303
misbreydec1380
offencec1384
crimec1390
forfeit1393
felonya1400
faultc1400
misfeatc1400
feat1481
demerit1485
misdemeanoura1513
facta1533
piaculum1575
miscarriage1579
delinquishment1593
delinquency1603
piacle1644
amissness1648
peccancy1648
1648 Brit. Bell-man 5 God forgive us our amisnesses.
a1652 C. Goad Refreshing Drops (1653) 166 The main amisness in Prayer, is, when our Lusts are regarded, when we ask to gratifie our Lusts.
1826 E. T. Vaughan Cæsar & God in Brit. Critic (1827) Apr. 354 To talk of amissness to God which is not followed by destruction is to make him such an one as ourselves.
1903 Iowa Postal Card 6 Aug. There would be a general feeling of 18-karat amissness if [calliopes]..were left out of circus parades.
1996 J. E. Dittes Driven by Hope viii. 113 Crusader and pilgrim are energized to extraordinary action by extraordinary awareness of the amissness of life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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