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vice (vīs)
noun
- an evil or wicked action, habit, or characteristic
- evil or wicked conduct or behavior; depravity or corruption
- prostitution
- in old English morality plays, a character, often a buffoon, representing a vice or vice in general
- any trivial fault or failing, act of self-indulgence, etc.
- a defect or flaw, as in a work of art
- any physical or functional defect or imperfection of the body
- 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
vice (vī′sē, -sə)
vice (vīs)
noun, transitive verb
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vice
modif.
Subordinate
vice-admiral, vice-chairman, vice-consul, vice-dean, vice-general; see also subordinate.Wicked
depraved, bad, pernicious; see vicious 1, wicked 1.
vice
n.
Depravity
corruption, iniquity, wickedness, fault; see evil 1.A degrading practice
licentiousness, lust, lewdness, profligacy, indecency, libidinousness, sensuality, carnality. See syn. study at fault.fault.
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Adjective modifier
- executive: Mooney executive vise she put up to consider the.
Converse of object
- have: For too long the farming lobby has had a vise like grip on policy, its time we ended their dependency culture.
Preposition: like
- grip: For too long the farming lobby has had a vise like grip on policy, its time we ended their dependency culture.
Modifies a noun
- president: A vise president will be named at a later date.
Noun used with modifier
- kling: Go to the set season iii placed on a. Scott kling vise scott who went the wildcats were sheets of thick.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Mutual forgiveness of each vice, Such are the Gates of Paradise.
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