noun 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice. Synonyms:fault, failing, foible, weakness. Antonyms: virtue.
2. immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: a life of vice. Synonyms:depravity, sin, iniquity, wickedness, corruption. Antonyms: virtue, morality.
3. sexual immorality, especially prostitution. Synonyms: wantonness, degeneracy, licentiousness.
4. a particular form of depravity.
5. a fault, defect, or shortcoming: a minor vice in his literary style. Synonyms: flaw, blemish, imperfection, foible, weakness.
6. a bad habit, as in a horse.
7. ( initial capital letter ) a character in the English morality plays, a personification of general vice or of a particular vice, serving as the buffoon.
8. Archaic. a physical defect, flaw, or infirmity: In most cases, attempts to relieve the symptoms willbe of little avail without at the same time relieving or removing the constitutional vice which has induced this condition.
