wickedness

CEFRB2

/ˈwɪkɪdnəs/

noun

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noun
The quality of being very bad or harmful.
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noun
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A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

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We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.
So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]

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So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard,...
We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.
2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 227d
Derived from the Latin words "scelero" — which means crime or wickedness — and "phobos" meaning fear — scelerophobia is coined by both criminologists and psychologists as the fear of burglars, according to Ayla Faisal, a clinical psychologist and a PhD scholar at the Institute of Clinical Psychology at the University of Karachi.
2023 September 26, Abby Roch, “My house was broken into. Now I have developed a fear of thieves called scelerophobia.”, in Business Insider

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Inherited from Middle English wikkednesse, wikkednes, equivalent to wicked + -ness.