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PSYCHOSIS

a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions

The meaning of the word psychosis is a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions.

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sacrilegiouscommitting or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object
clemencydisposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due
callousbeing hardened and thickened
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
tatterto make ragged
rectifyto set right : remedy
substantialconsisting of or relating to substance
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
capacitylegal competency (see competence