wickedness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wickedness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wickedness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wickedness n morally objectionable behavior [syn: evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity] absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" Synonym(s): iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark the quality of being wicked Synonym(s): nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness estrangement from god Synonym(s): sin, sinfulness, wickedness the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us" Synonym(s): loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickedness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wickedness \Wick"edness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness. God saw that the wickedness* of man was great. --Gen. vi. 5. Their inward part is very wickedness. --Ps. v. 9. 2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity. I'll never care what wickedness I do, If this man comes to good. --Shak.