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::: transgression - violation of a law; sin; V. transgress: go beyond (a limit); violate; do wrong
::: jaded - tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite
::: haven - place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven
::: outcast - one that has been excluded from a society; ADJ.
::: concise - brief and compact
::: unmitigated - (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster
::: sully - defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor
::: litany - supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
::: portend - foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning
::: hostility - unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile