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