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Encounters may encourage eschewing terrible sins, according to sources (5)

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meets

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'encounters' is the definition.
('meet' can be a synonym of 'encounter')

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(Other definitions for meets that I've seen before include "Comes across" , "Comes into contact with" , "Effectively copes with" , "Comes into the presence of" , "Joins with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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