an over-bearing conduct; harsh, haughty behaviour; transgressing one's legal, moral limits.

end; termination; cessation.

scarcity; non-availability.

disappearing; state of being physically not seen.

the state of deep distress or misery; a calamity, a danger.

death; end of life or existence.

the state of being in or a period of great distress, poverty, misfortune.

a falling upon; attacking.

an act that is forbidden or the omission of act that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law; a crime; a criminal act.

a moral or social offence.

suffering, pain or loss that serves as retribution; a punishment.

a learning by examining and analysing; a study.

a main division of a book; a chapter.

any of the major, separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usu. numbered or given a title; a chapter.

application of the mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge; act or process of studying; a study.

a proper period for studying.

(in comp. as a suffix) one who studies or is studying.