| criminality |
the condition or fact of being against the law; illegality. |
| debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
| discretion |
the freedom or authority to use one's own judgment. |
| duplicity |
deceitful speech or action. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| encroachment |
the act of exceeding proper or intended limits, as of territory or property. |
| expunge |
to cross out or erase. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| infraction |
an act or instance of breaking or violating, usually a rule or law; violation or breach. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| perspicacity |
keenness of mental perception or grasp; astuteness. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| unseemly |
not in accord with accepted social standards; improper; indecorous. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |