pernicious
highly injurious or destructive : deadly
transgression
infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty
grievance
: a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
solemnity
: formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
posterity
1: the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
2: all future generations
valiant
possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous
importune
to request or beg for urgently
esteem
the regard in which one is held
partisan
a weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries with long shaft and broad blade
chaste
pure in thought and act : modest
profane
: to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
foreswear
1: to reject or renounce under oath
2: to deny under oath
languish
1: to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
2: to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality
3: to become dispirited
augment
to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
fray
a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute
portentous
: being a grave or serious matter
heretics
one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine
tyrannous
unjustly severe
gall
brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence
nuptials
of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony