Heinous and Virtuous

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Heinous adjective - Extremely wicked, deeply criminal.

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Virtuous is an antonym for heinous in horrifying topic.

Nearby Word: heinously

Virtuous adjective - Morally excellent.

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Heinous is an antonym for virtuous.

Nearby Words: virtue, virtuosity, virtuously, virtu

Booker's sinful past of war-crimes and heinous acts against Native Americans led to him deciding to accept a baptism in order to wash away his sins and become a new, virtuous man.

Source: Go and Sin No More
Unfortunately he misinterpreted the "Go Forth and Sin No More" part of the baptism as making him unable to sin, and proceeded to perform even more heinous and wicked acts now believing they were virtuous.

Source: Go and Sin No More

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