Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wickedness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wickedness \Wick"ed*ness\, n.
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. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wickedness
n 1: morally objectionable behavior [syn: {evil}, {immorality}, {iniquity}]
2: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of
darkness" [syn: {iniquity}, {darkness}, {dark}]
3: the quality of being wicked [syn: {nefariousness}, {vileness}]
4: estrangement from god [syn: {sin}, {sinfulness}]
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