- vice⇄vice (1), noun.
1. an evil, immoral, or wicked habit or tendency.
Ex. Lying and cruelty are vices.
2. evil; wickedness.
Ex. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice (Thoreau).
(SYN) sin, iniquity, depravity - vice⇄vice (2), noun, transitive verb, viced,vicing.vise.
- vice⇄vice (3), preposition.
instead of; in the place of; in succession to.