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Debt

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
debt (noun)
1.
- sin trespass
2.
something owed - obligation unable to pay off his debts
3.
a state of owing - deeply in debt
4.
the common-law action for the recovery of money held to be due
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
debt (noun)
1.
something (as money) which is owed
SYNONYMS:
arrearage, arrears, indebtedness, liability ( liabilities), obligation, score
RELATED WORDS:
bond, debit, delinquency; bankruptcy, default, embarrassment, insolvency
NEAR ANTONYMS:
quietus, quittance, repayment; asset
debt (noun)
2.
a breaking of a moral or legal code
SYNONYMS:
breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, sin, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
RELATED WORDS:
bias crime, hate crime; felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance; fault, foible, peccadillo; break, infringement; immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness; corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness; abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness; descent, downfall, fall
NEAR ANTONYMS:
blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability; goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness
noncrime
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