Read the following paragraph from "Forbidden Fruit."

Question

Many years have passed since. I have long been eating pork like everyone else, though perhaps this does not make me any happier. Still, at that time I realized that no principle justifies treachery, and besides, that treachery is always a hairy caterpillar bred of a small butterfly called envy, no matter how lofty the principles involved.

Which of these words is most closely related to the theme in this paragraph?
(1 point)
Responses

deception
deception

dejection
dejection

embarrassment
embarrassment

regret
regret
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Answer 1

deception