— peccancy, peccantness , n. — peccantly , adv.
/pek"euhnt/ , adj.
1. sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
2. violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong.
[ 1595-1605; peccant- (s. of peccans ), prp. of peccare to err, offend; see -ANT ]