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wickedness

DEFINITIONS OF: wickedness

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n the quality of being wicked

Synonyms:
nefariousness, ugliness, vileness
Types:
filthiness
moral corruption or pollution
enormity
the quality of extreme wickedness
Type of:
evil, evilness
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

n estrangement from god

Synonyms:
sin, sinfulness
Types:
mark of Cain
the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature
Type of:
unrighteousness
failure to adhere to moral principles

n absence of moral or spiritual values

Synonyms:
dark, darkness, iniquity
Types:
foulness
disgusting wickedness and immorality
Type of:
condition, status
a state at a particular time

n morally objectionable behavior

Synonyms:
evil, immorality, iniquity
Types:
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devilry, deviltry
wicked and cruel behavior
foul play
unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)
irreverence, violation
a disrespectful act
sexual immorality
the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions
blasphemy, desecration, profanation, sacrilege
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
Type of:
evildoing, transgression
the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

n the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

Synonyms:
loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness
Type of:
distastefulness, odiousness, offensiveness
the quality of being offensive
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