The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peccancy
Peccancy \Pec"can*cy\, n. [L. peccantia.]
The quality or state of being peccant.
A sin; an offense.
--W. Montagu.
Wiktionary
peccancy
n. 1 (context rare English) Faultiness, a state of being flawed. 2 A sin or moral transgression.
Usage examples of "peccancy".
Imputations upon wives: horrible exultation at the universal peccancy of husbands.
For it is then as if our tears broke through an inveterate inner dam, and let all sorts of ancient peccancies and moral stagnancies drain away, leaving us now washed and soft of heart and open to every nobler leading.