vice

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Noun vice has 2 senses

frailty, vice - moral weakness
--₁ is a kind of evil, evilness
vice - a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
--₂ is a kind of transgression, evildoing
--₂ has particulars:
gambling, gaming, play; intemperance, intemperateness

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Vice

Definition:

A vice refers to a bad or immoral habit or behavior.

It can also refer to a mechanical device used to hold an object firmly in place while work is being done on it.

Example sentences:

As a bad habit:
1. His constant gambling addiction is a vice he just can't seem to overcome.
2. Smoking is a vice that not only harms your health but also affects those around you.

As a mechanical device:
1. The carpenter used a vice to secure the piece of wood he was carving.
2. I clamped the bicycle frame in the vice to fix the broken pedal.

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