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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
wickedness
I do,
If this man comes to good.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Wickedness

WICKEDNESS

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Noun.
Departure from the rules of the divine law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; crime; sin; sinfulness; corrupt manners Wickedness generally signifies evil practices.
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.

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