Complete Definition of "wickedness"

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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�wɪkɪdn�s/
SAMPA|/"wIkIdn@s/

Noun
en-noun|es

  1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|227d.
#*: We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.

  1. A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
Quotations
RQ:Authorized Version|Genesis|6|5

Translations
Spanish: maldad f, perversidad f

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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