Vice (?), n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a
blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution;
the vices of a horse.
Withouten vice of syllable or letter.
Chaucer.
Mark the vice of the procedure.
Sir W. Hamilton.
2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as
in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a
single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect
of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful
custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice
of intemperance.