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Synonyms for vice
ˈvaɪ si, -sə, vaɪsvice
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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-doingAntonyms:
blamelessness, excellence, godliness, goodness, holiness, innocence, integrity, morality, purity, rectitude, right, righteousness, sinlessness, uprightness, virtue
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
vice
Synonyms:
corruption, fault, defect, evil, crime, immorality, sin, badnessAntonyms:
purity, faultlessness, perfection, virtue, immaculateness, goodness, soundness
Princeton's WordNet
frailty, vicenoun
moral weakness
Synonyms:
feebleness, infirmity, debility, valetudinarianism, frailty, frailnessvicenoun
a specific form of evildoing
"vice offends the moral standards of the community"
Synonyms:
frailty
Dictionary of English Synonymes
vicenoun
Synonyms:
defect, fault, blemish, imperfectionvicenoun
Synonyms:
wickedness, sin, iniquity, irregularity, depravity, immorality, laxity, indecorum, improprietyvice
Synonyms:
[L.] instead of, in place of
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
vicenoun
Synonyms:
sin, iniquity, licentiousness, immorality, defect, fault, blemish, imperfection
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1673 | wrong | |
#2010 | crime | |
#2474 | vice | |
#3009 | evil | |
#3994 | sin | |
#4334 | mp | |
#4880 | deputy | |
#5045 | fault | |
#6904 | corruption | |
#7144 | offense | |
#10327 | defect | |
#11936 | pornography | |
#12311 | guilt | |
#16176 | flaw | |
#17686 | prostitution | |
#19434 | obscene | |
#20998 | deputies | |
#22622 | pornographic | |
#24694 | delinquency | |
#28398 | badness | |
#36164 | vise | |
#39121 | wickedness | |
#40660 | iniquity | |
#47895 | transgression | |
#50217 | criminality | |
#52055 | immorality | |
#55791 | depravity | |
#60970 | frailty | |
#72653 | infirmity | |
#95658 | unrighteousness | |
#116893 | veep | |
#125968 | debility | |
#136569 | viciousness | |
#181826 | feebleness | |
#188664 | ungodliness | |
#203844 | misdeed |
How to use vice in a sentence?
So if somebody were just to say, I don't like the results, even though they were properly conducted and there's no evidence of fraud, I don't like the results as I'm going to certify my favorite slate of electors. The political reaction to that would be so severe and so swift, and nobody would do that. And nobody has done it in 150 years. But what we have here is a systematic violation of state laws by election officials, t his level of corruption just can't be allowed to stand. And I think that makes, I think that makes the exercise of the vice president's power here very compelling.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
I don't see elections anytime soon, but I do see some intrigue at the Fatah conference in November, erekat's tapping as the next PLO secretary-general might be a hint that he'll be appointed vice-president.
The conversation I had was largely congratulatory, with all of the corruption taking place and largely the fact that we don't want our people like Vice President Joe Biden and Joe Biden son creating to the corruption already in the Ukraine.
I was there, thank you Vice President Pence for looking at the cameras, looking at the crowd, looking at press and saying Joe voted no to the tax cut. …They need to know that Joe voted no.
Translations for vice
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- رذيلةArabic
- viciCatalan, Valencian
- zlozvyk, nešvar, neřestCzech
- last, dårlig vane, skruestikDanish
- Laster, Schraubstock, LasterhaftigkeitGerman
- μέγγενηGreek
- vajcoEsperanto
- vicioSpanish
- ruuvipuristin, pahe, seksikauppaFinnish
- viceFrench
- השחתת מידות, עבריינות מין, עבריינות סמים, עבריינותHebrew
- vizioItalian
- 万力Japanese
- vitiumLatin
- ondeugd, bankschroef, zonde, verdorvenheidDutch
- viceNorwegian
- imadło, nałógPolish
- morsa, vício, maniaPortuguese
- viciuRomanian
- тиски, порокRussian
- व्यसनSanskrit
- порок, porok, мана, manaSerbo-Croatian
- vesAlbanian
- dålig vana, ovana, skruvstäd, lastSwedish
- jiriwaSwahili
- ahlaksızlık, fuhuşTurkish
- lesinodVolapük
- וויצעYiddish
- 副Chinese
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