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1.
mis
n.
129 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Sin, sinfulness; guilt, culpability for sin; evil, wickedness;
withouten mis
, sinless, innocent;
withouten mis of this man
, he being sinless, innocent as he was; (b) a sin, an evil deed; criminal…
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