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Definition of: casuistry
(kazh′·is·trē) noun plural ·ries
1. The science or doctrine of resolving doubtful cases of conscienee or questions of right and wrong according to the injunctions of sacred books or of individual authority or social conventions: often used derogatorily.
2. Sophistical or equivocal reasoning.
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