Definition of Vice

Babylon English Dictionary
in place of, deputy
act of moral corruption; depravity; fault in one's personal character; physical blemish, deformity; sexual immorality (particularly prostitution); bad habit displayed by a domestic animal
instead of, in place of
character of a buffoon in a morality play
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Vice Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
JM Latin-English Dictionary
In place of
English-Latin Online Dictionary
vitium
Vice Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
  
(prep.)
In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
  
(prep.)
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
  
(n.)
The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.
  
(n.)
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
  
(n.)
A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
  
(n.)
A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.
  
(n.)
A gripe or grasp.
  
(n.)
A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
  
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vice
\vice\ (?), n. [f., from l. vitium.]
1. a defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. withouten vice of syllable or letter. mark the vice of the procedure. w. hamilton.
2. a moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance. i do confess the vices of my blood. ungoverned appetite a brutish vice. when vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.
3. the buffoon of the old english moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of vice itself; -- called also iniquity.
note: this character was grotesquely dressed in a cap with ass's ears, and was armed with a dagger of lath: one of his chief employments was to make sport with the devil, leaping on his back, and belaboring him with the dagger of lath till he made him roar. the devil, however, always carried him off in the end. how like you the vice in the play? i would not give a rush for a vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody. jonson.


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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Bai = n. a fault, a vice
Gwyd = n. passion, vice
Shakespeare Words
the buffoon in the old morality plays
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. moral weakness
(synonym) frailty
(hypernym) evil, evilness
2. a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
(hypernym) transgression, evildoing
(hyponym) gambling, gaming, play
Vice Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
DOD Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations
advice
  
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )
Vice Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dream Dictionary
To dream that you are favoring any vice, signifies you are about to endanger your reputation, by letting evil persuasions entice you.

If you see others indulging in vice, some ill fortune will engulf the interest of some relative or associate.
  
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg Project
Vice Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Vice Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The 'Lectric Law Library
A moral defect. A term used in the civil law, by which is meant a defect in a thing; an imperfection. For example, epilepsy in a slave, roaring and crib-biting in a horse, are vices. Redhibitory vices are those for which the seller will be compelled to annul a sale, and take back the thing sold.

Also refers to crimes or offenses of an allegedly moral nature such as prostution, gambling, etc.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.