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Viciousness

VI'CIOUSNESS

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Noun.
1.
Addictedness to vice; corruptness of moral principles or practice; habitual violation of the moral law, or of moral duties; depravity in principles or in manners.
What makes a governor justly despised, is viciousness and ill morals.
2.
Unruliness; refractoriness; as of a beast.

Definition 2024


viciousness

viciousness

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Noun

viciousness (countable and uncountable, plural viciousnesses)

  1. the characteristic of being vicious
  2. the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

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