noun
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world
• Syn: ↑evil
• Derivationally related forms: ↑evil
• Hypernyms: ↑immorality
• Hyponyms:
↑malevolence, ↑malevolency, ↑malice, ↑malignity, ↑malignancy, ↑malignance, ↑maleficence, ↑mischief, ↑balefulness, ↑worst, ↑nefariousness, ↑wickedness, ↑vileness, ↑ugliness, ↑reprehensibility, ↑villainy, ↑villainousness, ↑perversity, ↑perverseness, ↑error, ↑wrongdoing, ↑frailty, ↑vice
• Attrubites: ↑evil
Useful english dictionary. 2012.