The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DEICIDE
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More clues leading to the result DEICIDE
- Resolve to imprison one for a type of murder
- Judge admitting one religious offence?
- Choose to keep current dispatch for Mars?
- Resolve to secure independence, resulting in destruction of creator
- Resolve to arrest leader of infidels for a religious crime
- Judge accepting one’s 19 of god
- Most unholy of sins? Choose to embrace one
- Opt to keep current dispatch for Mars, say
- I resolve to conceal theological outrage
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The straight part
We know that "religious offence?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case religious offence? = deicide.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DEICIDE mean?
DEICIDE noun- The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
- The killer of a god or goddess.
- The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.