Antonyms 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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. vice

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Evil
   • Evildoing

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

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

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1. vicenoun

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

How to use vice in a sentence?

1. President Biden:

   I will admit to my Democratic friends I’m the guy who encouraged John to go home and run for office, for real, because I knew what incredible courage, intellect and conscience he had, we ran against each other, which I didn't like, on tickets for the highest office in the land. I was a candidate for vice president, he was the candidate for president. I never stopped admiring John. Never said a negative thing about him in my life, because I knew his honor, his courage, and his commitment.

2. President Trump:

   I just spoke to President Xi last night, but I think Vice President Biden's going to handle President Xi. I think Vice President Biden's handled President Xi really well. We're helping wherever we can. But we have a great relationship. It's incredible.

3. Gordon Sondland:

   I did not understand, until much later, that Mr. Giuliani's agenda might have also included an effort to prompt the Ukrainians to investigate Vice President Joe Biden or Joe Biden son or to involve Ukrainians, directly or indirectly, in the president's 2020 re-election campaign.

4. Kamala Harris:

   I cannot wait to see [Harris] debate our current Vice President, Meeka Pints. Or is it Paints?

5. President Trump:

   While everyone is entitled to Vice President Mike Pence own opinions, I don’t think it’s too much to ask National Football League players to respect the Flag and our National Anthem.

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