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Miscreant

One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.

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Degenerate 76% connected

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base…

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Deviant 76% connected

Deviating.

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Deviate 76% connected

To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

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Pervert 76% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

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Scapegrace 76% connected

A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.

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Wretch 76% connected

A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

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Offender 76% connected

One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.

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Wrongdoer 76% connected

One who injures another, or who does wrong.

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Reprobate 74% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Reprobate 74% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Reprobate 92% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Apostasy noun · 78% connection

An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holds, false, religious, faith, misbeliever.
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Apostatize verb · 78% connection

To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to whi…

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Catechise verb · 78% connection

To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religiou…

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Confession noun · 78% connection

A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to member…

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Confessorship noun · 78% connection

The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

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Creed verb · 78% connection

A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp.…

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Croup noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holds, false, religious, faith, misbeliever.
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Dead adjective · 78% connection

Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.

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Devout verb · 78% connection

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religiou…

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Dignitary noun · 78% connection

One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of…

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Evangelical adjective · 78% connection

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…

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Faith noun · 78% connection

That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of…

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Faithed adjective · 78% connection

Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.

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Faithful adjective · 78% connection

Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

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False superl. · 78% connection

Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false je…

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Fiddler noun · 78% connection

A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position s…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holds, false, religious, faith, misbeliever.
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Fides noun · 78% connection

Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.

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Glassite noun · 78% connection

A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught t…

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