Synonyms for vice
ˈvaɪ si, -sə, vaɪsvice

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1. vice

   Sin is any lack of holiness, any defect of moral purity and truth, whether in heart or life, whether of commission or omission. "All unrighteousness is sin," 1 John v, 17. Transgression, as its etymology indicates, is the stepping over a specific enactment, whether of God or man, ordinarily by overt act, but in the broadest sense, in volition or desire. Sin may be either act or state; transgression is always an act, mental or physical. Crime is often used for a flagrant violation of right, but in the technical sense denotes specific violation of human law. Guilt is desert of and exposure to punishment because of sin. Depravity denotes not any action, but a perverted moral condition from which any act of sin may proceed. Sin in the generic sense, as denoting a state of heart, is synonymous with depravity; in the specific sense, as in the expression a sin, the term may be synonymous with transgression, crime, offense, misdeed, etc., or may denote some moral activity that could not be characterized by terms so positive. Immorality denotes outward violation of the moral law. Sin is thus the broadest word, and immorality next in scope; all crimes, properly so called, and all immoralities, are sins; but there may be sin, as ingratitude, which is neither crime, transgression, nor immorality; and there may be immorality which is not crime, as falsehood. Compare CRIMINAL.

   Compare synonyms for VIRTUE.

   Synonyms:
   crime, criminality, delinquency, depravity, evil, fault, guilt, ill-doing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, sin, transgression, ungodliness, unrighteousness, viciousness, wickedness, wrong, wrong-doing

   Antonyms:
   blamelessness, excellence, godliness, goodness, holiness, innocence, integrity, morality, purity, rectitude, right, righteousness, sinlessness, uprightness, virtue

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1. vice

   Synonyms:
   corruption, fault, defect, evil, crime, immorality, sin, badness

   Antonyms:
   purity, faultlessness, perfection, virtue, immaculateness, goodness, soundness

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1. frailty, vicenoun

   moral weakness

   Synonyms:
   feebleness, infirmity, debility, valetudinarianism, frailty, frailness

2. vicenoun

   a specific form of evildoing

   "vice offends the moral standards of the community"

   Synonyms:
   frailty

Matched Categories

1. • Evil
   • Evildoing

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1. vicenoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, fault, blemish, imperfection

2. vicenoun

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, sin, iniquity, irregularity, depravity, immorality, laxity, indecorum, impropriety

3. vice

   Synonyms:
   [L.] instead of, in place of

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1. vicenoun

   Synonyms:
   sin, iniquity, licentiousness, immorality, defect, fault, blemish, imperfection

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1. List of paraphrases for "vice":

   deputy, vice-, vice-president, defect, obscene, under-, pornographic, vice-chairman, vice-chief, prostitution, mp, vice-chairperson, veep, deputies, flaw, vice-chair, vise, pornography

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1. R Chamberlain:

   He that rectifies a crooked stick bends it the contrary way, so must he that would reform a vice learn to affect its mere contrary, and in time he shall see the springing blossoms of a happy restoration.

2. Douglas Smith:

   Donald Trump thinks the race will come down to the swing states of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. [ Democratic vice presidential nominee ] Tim Kaine will become a citizen of those states.

3. William Graham Sumner:

   The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man.

4. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

   President Barack Obama, Mr. State John Kerry about it,( Vice President) Joe Biden, at this point have not made any declaration of respect.

5. Defense Department spokesperson Sue Gough:

   Any allegations that we have not been providing information on troop numbers or force posture to the( Defense Department) Agency Review Team is inaccurate, the ART has met with nearly all of the commanders of the geographic combatant commands... the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman.