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Cryptic crossword part 2

Commits a sin breaking religious way of life (11 letters). The answer is MONASTICISM, which is an anagram of commits a sin. The clue is solved by realising that breaking indicates an anagram. A religious way of life is the definition of the answer. There are many possible words indicating that the answer is an anagram, e.g. different, broken, peculiar, surprisingly.

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