peccadillo

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It is an action between friends, just as my silence on the subject of your peccadillo is a friendly action.

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  1. noun A small sin or fault.

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  • The death of a man is a hopeless thing to hide from his friends; after all, it is no little peccadillo or temporary embarrassment from which he may be expected to recover and afterwards prefer not to have discussed. —  Flowers for the Judge - Margery Allingham - Campion 07 - 1937
  • When I pointed reproachfully to the double peccadillo, they only laughed and scampered off. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
  • Now it so happened that, because of some student peccadillo, the headmaster had deprived the whole school of the pleasure of swimming; however my brother Theodore loved swimming, so he and some of his friends decided to go swimming without the knowledge of their masters. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
  • In the scandal-obsessed capital, the latest public peccadillo has been met by uncharacteristic indifference. —  THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
  • Only as a sexual peccadillo, not for comedic purposes. it's not funny. —  The Plumplard Show
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  1. Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, sin, and Italian peccadiglio, diminutive of peccato, sin, both from Latin peccātum, from neuter of peccātus, past participle of peccāre, to sin; see ped- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, from Latin peccatum, a sin, from peccare, sin: see peccant.
 

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/pɛkəˈdɪloʊ/
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