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Primrose way

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The pleasant path that leads to hell

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Lechery

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Indulgence in sexual activity

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Requite

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To return or pay back

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Unruly

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Not disciplined or managed

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Lament

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To mourn aloud

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Woeful

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Sad, mournful

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Sacrilegious

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Gross irreverence toward a hallowed thing

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Doom

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Judgement, judgement day

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Renown

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A state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored

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Temperate

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Marked by moderation; not extreme or excessive

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Breach

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Broken condition or area

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Scruple

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An ethical principle that inhibits action

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Predecessors

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Ancestors; people who came before you

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Posterity

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All future generations

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Oracles

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A person through whom a deity is believed to speak

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