Plural of enormity; refers to multiple instances of great wickedness, extreme severity, or monstrous size or extent.
From 'enormity,' which comes from Old French and Latin 'enormitas,' derived from 'enormis' (beyond standard measure).
People often confuse 'enormity' with 'enormousness'—but enormity specifically means 'extreme wrongness or wickedness,' so if you say 'the enormities of the crimes,' you're emphasizing how morally terrible they were, not just how big.
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