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. James Jay Carafano:

   The Heritage Foundation Vice President for National Security and James Jay Carafano joins Jon Scott to discuss the ongoing questions about the North Korean leader and China's coronavirus response. Weve now gone through three generations of change in this country with some degree of consistency on that.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   Vice President Mike Pence's listening to us when we say we really got to reevaluate it, in real time, and any decision we make has to be based on the data.

3. Kami Kim:

   It's sort of like asking the question do you need airbags and seat belts ? just because you have airbags doesn't mean that seatbelts won't help you and vice versa. It's good to have the protection of both.

4. Spokeswoman Khobi Brooklyn:

   We see that customers who are interested in driving Tesla vehicles or using Powerwalls are naturally interested in going solar, and vice versa.

5. The Mooch:

   The vice president is making his way to New Jersey for a luncheon with the president. President Donald Trump dines with his second-in-command once a week to discuss the administration's agenda and progress, and he's carrying on with tradition today, even though he is not in Washington. Trump is staying at his Bedminster golf resort while his home-away-from-home undergoes renovations. Vice PresidentMike Pencewill chat with him there ahead of travel to South America. Pence and Trump are seeing each other for the first time since the New York Times suggested the VP was conducing a shadow campaign for president. Pence says the charge is ‘absurd.’.