Dictionary definition for: Evil
1. (n) morally objectionable behavior
2. (a) morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes" "an evil influence" "evil deeds"
3. (n) that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare
4. (s) having the nature of vice
5. (n) the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
6. (s) tending to cause great harm
7. (s) having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars" "a malefic force"
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