1. vice - Noun
2. vice - Adjective
3. vice - Verb
4. vice - Preposition
5. Vice - Proper noun
A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.
A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
A gripe or grasp.
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue. François de La Rochefoucauld
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. Voltaire
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill
Concealed goodness is a sort of vice. Portuguese Proverb
For the ugly vice of begging, there's the virtue of not giving. Venezuelan Proverb
Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be. English Proverb