Aberrant, sinner rose in a cantankerous state (10)

I believe the answer is:

orneriness

'a cantankerous state' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'aberrant sinner rose' is the wordplay.
'aberrant' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sinner'+'rose'='sinnerrose'
'sinnerrose' with letters rearranged gives 'ORNERINESS'.

'in' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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