A cause of moral lapse or fall; a stumbling-block. = scandal, n. 1b, offence, n. 1b. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > cause of moral lapse or fall (4) slanderc1340 A cause of moral lapse or fall; a stumbling-block. = scandal, n. 1b, offence, n. 1b. Obsolete. offendinga1425 The action of offending (offend, v.); offence, transgression; the (esp. habitual) commission of a sin or crime; an instance of this. Also: †a… stumbling-block1526 Something to stumble at or over; a cause of stumbling. Chiefly figurative. An occasion of moral stumbling; a ‘scandal’, ‘offence’. stumble1651 A stumbling-block. Obsolete. |
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