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  • 21impeccable — [im pek′ə bəl] adj. [L impeccabilis < in , not + peccare, to sin] 1. not liable to sin, incapable of wrongdoing 2. without defect or error; faultless; flawless impeccability n. impeccably adv …

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  • 22impeccable — adj. 1 (of behaviour, performance, etc.) faultless, exemplary. 2 not liable to sin. Derivatives: impeccability n. impeccably adv. Etymology: L impeccabilis (as IN (1), peccare sin) …

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  • 23peccable — adj. formal liable to sin. Derivatives: peccability n. Etymology: F, f. med.L peccabilis f. peccare sin …

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  • 24im|pec´ca|bly — im|pec|ca|ble «ihm PEHK uh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. faultless; irreproachable: »impeccable manners, an impeccable appearance. Sir John is impeccable, a paradigm of the gentleman soldier (Harper s). 2. not to be doubted; unimpeachable:… …

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  • 25im|pec|ca|ble — «ihm PEHK uh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. faultless; irreproachable: »impeccable manners, an impeccable appearance. Sir John is impeccable, a paradigm of the gentleman soldier (Harper s). 2. not to be doubted; unimpeachable: »According to… …

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  • 26pec|ca|ble — «PEHK uh buhl», adjective. liable to sin or err: »We hold all mankind to be peccable…and errable (George Berkeley). ╂[< earlier French peccable < Latin peccāre to sin] …

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  • 27Peccable — Pec ca*ble, a. [Cf. F. peccable. See {Peccant}.] Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law. A frail and peccable mortal. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28peccable — peccability, n. /pek euh beuhl/, adj. liable to sin or error. [1595 1605; < ML peccabilis. See PECCAVI, BLE] * * * …

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  • 29Platonism — Platonist, n., adj. /playt n iz euhm/, n. 1. the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers. 2. a Platonic doctrine or saying. 3. the belief that physical objects are impermanent representations of unchanging Ideas, and that the Ideas&#8230; …

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  • 30peccable — adjective Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law. See Also: impeccable, peccant …

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