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Meaning of evil

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  evil
      adj 1: morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil
             influence"; "evil deeds" [ant: {good}]
      2: having the nature of vice [syn: {evil}, {vicious}]
      3: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars";
         "a malefic force" [syn: {malefic}, {malevolent}, {malign},
         {evil}]
      n 1: morally objectionable behavior [syn: {evil}, {immorality},
           {wickedness}, {iniquity}]
      2: 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
      3: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;
         "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" [syn:
         {evil}, {evilness}] [ant: {good}, {goodness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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