wickedness

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/ ˈwɪk ɪd nɪs /

the quality or state of being wicked.

wicked conduct or practices.

a wicked act or thing.

Origin of wickedness

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at wicked, -ness

Trying to climb this mountain of wickedness is like trying to climb a glass wall with your bare hands.

There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre |Megan McArdle |December 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The discussion poses an argument: In the book of Ezekiel, God is determined to wipe out a city, which is full of wickedness.

For Shame |Alana Suskin |July 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He sends down his wickedness to the country and tempts weak folks to sin.

Gallegher and Other Stories |Richard Harding Davis
He's taken to drink, and is spending in wickedness the money his father left him.

Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home |Bayard Taylor

He was a Great Spirit, who was expelled from heaven, or the happy hunting grounds, because of his wickedness.

The Knight of the Golden Melice |John Turvill Adams
You said in your letter to me the other day, Jonathan, that you thought things were bad because of the wickedness of man's nature.

The Common Sense of Socialism |John Spargo
What Whitefield says of his boyhood's wickedness must be received with caution.

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) |Luke Tyerman