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- DictionaryVice/vīs/
noun
- 1. immoral or wicked behavior: "an open sewer of vice and crime" Similar immoralitywrongdoingwrongwickednessbadnessevil-doingeviliniquityvillainyvenalityimpuritycorruptioncorruptnessmisconductsinsinfulnessungodlinessgodlessnessunholinessunrighteousnessprofanitydepravitydegeneracyturpitudesordidityperversionpervertednessdissolutiondissipationdebaucherydecadencelasciviousnesslewdnesslecherylecherousnessdegradationcrimetransgressionoffenseimmoral actevil actact of wickednessfall from gracearchaic:trespassrare:peccabilitypeccancyOpposite virtuerighteousness
- ▪ criminal activities involving prostitution, pornography, or drugs: "a mobile phone network is being used to peddle vice" Similar immoralitywrongdoingwrongwickednessbadnessevil-doingeviliniquityvillainyvenalityimpuritycorruptioncorruptnessmisconductsinsinfulnessungodlinessgodlessnessunholinessunrighteousnessprofanitydepravitydegeneracyturpitudesordidityperversionpervertednessdissolutiondissipationdebaucherydecadencelasciviousnesslewdnesslecherylecherousnessdegradationcrimetransgressionoffenseimmoral actevil actact of wickednessfall from gracearchaic:trespassrare:peccabilitypeccancyOpposite virtuerighteousness
- ▪ an immoral or wicked personal characteristic: "hypocrisy is a particularly sinister vice"
- ▪ a weakness of character or behavior; a bad habit: "cigars happen to be my father's vice" Similar shortcomingfailingflawfaultdefectweaknessweak pointdeficiencylimitationimperfectionblemishfoiblefallibilityfrailtyinfirmityOpposite virtuestrong point
Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin vitium.
Derivatives
- 1. viceless adjective
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