vice
Definitions
Immoral or wicked behavior.
A bad habit or personal failing.
A metal tool with adjustable jaws used to hold an object firmly in place.
Examples
Greed is often considered a vice that can destroy a person's character.
He had a bad vice of biting his nails whenever he felt nervous.
The detective spent years trying to clean up the vice in the city's red-light district.
Synonyms
immorality wickedness depravity corruption sin iniquity evil
Antonyms
virtue goodness morality righteousness integrity honor purity