evil act
collocation in Englishmeaningsofevilandact
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evil
adjective
uk/ˈiː.vəl/us/ˈiː.vəl/
morally bad, cruel, or ...
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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(Definition ofevilandactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theevilact, as the quotation above says, is based on an evil will (the bad tree).
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Nor is it anevilactby being the sort of act a virtuous person would not do, since only the virtuous person's intentional actions serve as paradigms.
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The proposition is rather on the lines that it is legitimate to do anevilactif others also are prepared to do it.
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It is quite true that in paying that amount for the advowson anevilactin my jugdment is taking place.
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However, because a terrible tragedy was averted no one will shed a great many tears for people who were about to commit anevilact.
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In case of an apparentlyevilact, a sufficient reason for the act despite the faults it will cause negates the scandal.
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When the evil suggestion grows in intensity, the intention becomes a resolution, which then culminates in theevilact.
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Other universalists might argue that although the commission of anevilactis always evil, those who perpetrate may not be wholly evil or wholly good entities.
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When good acts deserve reward and evil acts punishment, it as though these acts stood in a causal relation to the subsequent effects.
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Scandal is also performed when someone performs anevilact, or an act that appears to be evil, knowing that it will lead others into sin.
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Duncan has visions of thisevilactand investigates.
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When the first causes of evil acts become further removed down the line of command, our confusion about moral responsibility increases, even in those cases where the evil is great.
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For those who commit outrageous and evil acts there cannot be any shred of sympathy.
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Such evil acts can never be justified or excused in my book.
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If evil men know that they will be called to account personally for their evil acts it will constitute a great deterrent.
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Let me give him an assurance that the police will spare no effort in pursuing those who committed these evil acts.
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I believe that the centre of our problem is to catch criminals, to deter them from their evil acts and, if possible, to reform them.
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However, as long as the people who committed these evil acts and others like them are at large, we cannot eliminate risk.
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