peccant

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Adjective

1. Of a [[person#Noun|person]], etc.: that [[commit#Verb|commits]] or has committed an [[offense|offence]] or a [[sin#Noun|sin]]; [[blameworthy]], [[culpable]], [[offending#Adjective|offending]], [[sinful]], [[sinning#Adjective|sinning]].
2. Of an [[action#Noun|action]] or [[thing]]: [[cause#Verb|causing]] offence or sin; [[offensive#Adjective|offensive]], sinful.
3. {{senseid|en|pathology}}{{lb|en|pathology|historical|also|figurative}} Especially of [[humour#Noun|humours]] of the [[body#Noun|body]]: [[diseased#Adjective|diseased]], [[unhealthy]]; also, [[cause#Verb|causing]] [[disease#Noun|disease]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[offend|Offending]] a [[norm#Noun|norm]], a [[rule#Noun|rule]], etc.; [[defective#Adjective|defective]], [[faulty]], [[wrong#Adjective|wrong]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[offender]]; also, a [[sinner]].

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