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outrage

outrage 1 : a deeply offensive or violent act 2 :

outrageous : going beyond standards of decency : utterly intolerable in

at something unjust or wrong incensed as a look of outraged disbelief

Of the nature of an outrage exceeding the limits of right reason or decency such as

Wednesbury unreasonableness. It applies to a decision which is so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards

Meanly timid cowardly base as a dastardly outrage

See Outrage v i

must have been used on the woman intending thereby to outrage her modesty. Intention is not the sole criterion of the

determiner. When any sudden insurrection takes place, or any public outrage is committed which requires speedy reformation, or there is a

or sleeping, the woman possesses a modesty capable of being outraged. Whoever uses criminal force to her with intent to outrage