Editing Vice (section)

{{Short description|Immoral or depraved behavior or habit}}
{{for multi|the media company|Vice Media|the mechanical gripping device|Vise|other uses|Vice (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Die Tugend ruft die Jugend zurück (aus den Armen der Sünde), 1806-1807 - Johann Heinrich Füssli.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Henry Fuseli]], ''[[Virtue]] reclaiming Youth from the arms of Vice'', 1806–1807.]]
A '''vice''' is a practice, behaviour, [[Habit (psychology)|habit]] or item generally considered morally wrong in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit.{{fact|date=May 2023}} Vices are usually associated with a fault in a person's character or temperament rather than their morality.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Vice |translator-last=McAlpin |translator-first=Mary |place=Ann Arbor |publisher=Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did2222.0000.010?view=text;rgn=main |access-date=1 April 2015 |encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert - Collaborative Translation Project |date=October 2002 |hdl = 2027/spo.did2222.0000.010 |last1 = Louis |first1 = Chevalier de Jaucourt}} Translation of {{cite encyclopedia |title=Vice |encyclopedia=Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers |volume=17 |place=Paris |year=1765}}.</ref> 

Synonyms for vice include fault, [[sin]], depravity, iniquity, wickedness, and corruption. The antonym of vice is [[virtue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thesaurus.com/browse/vice|title=Vice|publisher=Thesaurus.com|access-date=2012-06-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524010228/http://thesaurus.com/browse/vice|archive-date=2012-05-24}}</ref>