Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IR-REG-U-LAR'I-TY
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IR-REG-U-LAR'I-TY, n. [Fr. irregularité.]
- Deviation from a straight line or from any common or established rule; deviation from method or order; as, the irregularity of proceedings.
- Deviation from law, human or divine, or from moral rectitude; inordinate practice; vice. It is a favorable symptom when a profligate man becomes ashamed of his irregularities.
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