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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

,
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.

Definition 2024


wickedness

wickedness

English

Noun

wickedness (countable and uncountable, plural wickednesses)

  1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 227d.
      We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.
  2. 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

References

  • wickedness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • wickedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913