wickedness

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wikkednesse, wikkednes, equivalent to wicked + -ness.

noun

  1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
    We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 227d
  2. A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

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