vice

vice
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. viciousness, evildoing, wrongdoing, wickedness, iniquity, sin, sinfulness; crime, criminality; prostitution; defect, vice; immorality, impurity, looseness of morals; demoralization, [moral] turpitude, depravity, degradation; weakness [of the flesh], fault, frailty, error; besetting sin; delinquency; sink of iniquity. See evil, badness, improbity, wrong.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Subordinate]
Syn. vice-admiral, vice-chairman, vice-consul, vice-dean, vice-general; see also subordinate .
2. [Wicked]
Syn. depraved, bad, pernicious; see vicious 1 , wicked 1 .
n.
1. [Depravity]
Syn. corruption, iniquity, wickedness, fault; see evil 1 .
2. [A degrading practice]
Syn. licentiousness, lust, lewdness, profligacy, indecency, libidinousness, sensuality, carnality.
See Synonym Study at fault .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
sin, evil, wickedness, depravity, wrong, indecency, debauchery, immorality, degeneracy, corruption, prostitution, bad habit, weakness, compulsion, failing, fault, flaw, shortcoming, wrong, crime. ''Servility. — Karl Marx. ''Instruments to plague. — Shakespeare.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Degrading, immoral acts or habits: bestiality, corruption, depravity, flagitiousness, immorality, perversion, turpitude, villainousness, villainy, wickedness. See CLEAN.

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  • vice- — ♦ Particule invariable, du lat. vice « à la place de, pour », qui se joint à quelques noms ou titres de fonctions exercées en second, à la place de qqn. ⇒ adjoint, remplaçant. ● vice Préfixe, du latin vice, à la place de, exprimant une fonction… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • vice — 1. (vi s ) s. m. 1°   Défaut, imperfection grave (ce qui est le premier sens de vitium, en latin). Vice de forme. Il y a un vice considérable dans cet acte. •   Il est étrange que Corneille ait senti le vice de son sujet, et qu il n ait pas senti …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Vice — is a practice or habit that is considered immoral, depraved, and/or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a defect, an infirmity, or merely a bad habit. Synonyms for vice include fault, depravity,… …   Wikipedia

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  • Vice — Vice, a. [Cf. F. vice . See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vice — Vice, n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. [1913 Webster] Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Mark the vice …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vice — Vice, Vitium. Un vice qui est quand une personne baaille souvent, Oscedo oscediþnis. Quand il s en faut quelque partie, c est un grand vice, Deesse aliquam partem mendosum est. Vices couvers et cachez, Vicia infucata aut tecta. Vices qui s en… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • vice — S3 [vaıs] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin vitium fault, vice ] 1.) [U] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs ▪ the fight against vice on the streets ▪ The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • vice — S3 [vaıs] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin vitium fault, vice ] 1.) [U] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs ▪ the fight against vice on the streets ▪ The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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