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averah

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבֵרָה ('averah).

Noun

averah (plural averot or averoth or averos)

  1. (Judaism) A sin.
    • 2009 June 18, Lizz Holmans, “Is Christianity, jealous and proud of it, petty, vindictive, unjust, unforgiving, racist, an ethnic cleanser urging His people on to acts of genocide & child abuse…”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet):
      It's an averah to tell a lie, even if it would benefit us.
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