An act which is regarded as a transgression of the divine law and an offence against God; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) of some…

A failure of duty, delinquency; offence, crime, sin. Obsolete. (Cf. 5b.)

Wickedness; a lie. man deed n. a wicked act, wickedness.

A wrongdoing, sin, crime. Usually plural. Obsolete.

An offence, a wrong.

A wrongdoing, transgression, sin, or crime. Obsolete.

A malpractice; a defect or fault in conduct.

An offence or misdeed; wrongdoing.

A breach of law, rules, duty, propriety, or etiquette; a transgression, sin, wrong, misdemeanour, or misdeed; a fault. Also in to commit (also †do,…

An evil or injurious act; an offence, a sin; esp. of a grave character.

A misdeed, crime, offence, transgression; hence, wilful injury. Also with of: Transgression against or in respect of, breach or violation of. Obsolete…

A crime, misdeed, sin. Obsolete.

Something wrongly done. Phrase, to commit (rarely do, make) a fault. In moral sense: A dereliction of duty; a misdeed, transgression, offence. Also…

A misdeed, transgression.

An evil deed; a crime. Obsolete = fact, n. 2.

A blameworthy act, sin, offence. (Almost always in plural). Obsolete.

gen. An instance of this; a wrongdoing, misdeed, transgression, now esp. a minor one.

An evil deed, a crime; the perpetration or commission of such a deed or crime. Now only in before the fact at phrases 1a after the fact at phrases 1b.

A sin, crime, offence; = piacle, n. 2b. Obsolete.

An instance of misconduct or misbehaviour; a lapse of conduct; a misdemeanour or misdeed. Obsolete.

An act or instance of delinquency; a crime, an offence; a failure to pay a debt or tax. Also as a mass noun.

An immoral or criminal act; an offence; a crime.

An action which calls for expiation; a sin, crime, offence.

The state of being or doing amiss; (occasionally) an instance of this, an error, a shortcoming.

A sin, an offence, a transgression.