Pious
Pious adjective - Showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue.
Usage example: a pious woman who decided to become a nun
Sinful
Sinful adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Both words in one sentence
- Generations later, when people have stopped believing in the tale and become "sinful", a bragging servant pulls out the peg on a drunken bet and releases the devil spider, until it can again be sealed away by a pious woman who remembers the old tales and sacrifices her life for her child.
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