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vice

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  1. fault                  2. offense               
 
1. vice \'vi-s\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L vitium fault, vice] 1a: moral 
   depravity or corruption : WICKEDNESS  1b: a moral fault or failing  1c: 
   FOIBLE  2: BLEMISH, DEFECT  3: a physical imperfection, deformity, or taint 
    often cap  4a: a character representing one of the vices in an English 
   morality play  4b: BUFFOON, JESTER  5: an abnormal behavior pattern in a 
   domestic animal detrimental to its hea lth or usefulness 6: sexual 
   immorality; esp : PROSTITUTION 
2. vice n [ME vis, vice screw, fr. MF vis, viz something winding] chiefly 
   Brit  : VISE 
3. vice vt chiefly Brit  : VISE 
4. vi.ce \'vi--se-\ pp [L, abl. of vicis change, alternation, stead - more 
   at WEEK] : in the place of : SUCCEEDING