irregularity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IRREGULAR'ITY, noun 1. Deviation from a straight line or from any common or established rule; deviation from method or order; as the irregularity of proceedings. 2. Deviation from law, human, or divine, or from moral rectitude; inordinate practice; vice. It is a favorable symptom when a profligate man becomes ashamed of his irregularities.
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