Meaning & use
peccadillo
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A small, relatively unimportant sin or offense.
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Forgetting an anniversary is a minor peccadillo compared to more serious relationship problems.
The tabloids delighted in exposing the celebrity's latest peccadillo.
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Borrowed from Spanish "peccadillo," a diminutive of "pecado" (sin), the word softens the seriousness of the wrongdoing it describes.
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