vice

noun

1. 1. an evil or wicked action, habit, or characteristic
   2. evil or wicked conduct or behavior; depravity or corruption
   3. prostitution
   4. in old English morality plays, a character, often a buffoon, representing a vice or vice in general
2. any trivial fault or failing, act of self-indulgence, etc.
3. a defect or flaw, as in a work of art
4. any physical or functional defect or imperfection of the body
5. a bad or harmful trick or habit, as of a horse or dog

Etymology: ME < OFr < L vitium, vice, fault < IE base *wi-, apart, in two > with, Sans viṣu-, in opposite directions

Etymology: L: see vice-

noun, transitive verb