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Webster 1913 Edition
Wickedness
Wick′ed-ness
,Noun.
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
If this man comes to good.
wickedness
I do,If this man comes to good.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Wickedness
WICKEDNESS
,Noun.
What wickedness is this that is done among you? Judges 20.
But wickedness expresses also the corrupt dispositions of the heart.
Their inward part is very wickedness. Psalm 5.
In heart ye work wickedness. Psalm 58.
Definition 2024
wickedness
wickedness
English
Noun
wickedness (countable and uncountable, plural wickednesses)
- The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
- A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
Quotations
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis 6:5:
- And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Translations
state of being wicked
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wicked thing
References
- wickedness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- wickedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913