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addiction
 
Noun addiction has 3 senses
  1. addiction, dependence, dependency, habituation - being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
    --1 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
    --1 has particulars: drug addiction, white plague
    Derived form: verb addict1
  2. addiction - an abnormally strong craving
    --2 is a kind of     craving
  3. addiction - (Roman law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
    --3 is a kind of     award, awarding
    Derived form: verb addict1
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