Vice
Word | VICE |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | vi ce vice |
Pronunciations | /vaɪs/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Vice"
What do we mean by vice?
A practice or habit considered to be evil, degrading, or immoral. noun
Wicked or depraved conduct or habits; corruption. noun
Prostitution, the sale of illegal drugs, and certain other forms of usually nonviolent criminal behavior. noun
A slight personal failing; a foible. noun
A flaw or imperfection; a defect. noun
A character representing generalized or particular vice in English morality plays. noun
A jester or buffoon. noun
See vise.
A vice-chairman, vice-president, or other substitute or deputy, the principal or primary officer being indicated by the context. noun
In the place of; instead of: a Latin noun used in a position which gives it, as transferred to English, the effect of a preposition governing the following noun: as, Lieutenant A is gazetted as captain, vice Captain B promoted.
A prefix denoting, in the word compounded with it, one who acts in place of another, or one who is second in rank: as, vice-president, vice-chancellor.
Fault; mistake; error: as, a vice of method. noun
An imperfection; a defect; a blemish: as, a vice of conformation; a vice of literary style. noun
Any immoral or evil habit or practice; evil conduct in which a person indulges; a particular form of wickedness or depravity; immorality; specifically, the indulgence of impure or degrading appetites or passions: as, the vice of drunkenness; hence, also, a fault or bad trick in a lower animal, as a horse. noun
Depravity; corruption of morals or manners: in a collective sense and without a plural: as, an age of vice. noun
Depravity or corruption of the physical organization; some morbid strife of the system: as, he inherited a constitutional vice which resulted in consumption. noun
A bad habit.
Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
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What does vice mean?
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