Defect and Evil

Defect

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Evil and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Evil" instead a noun "Defect".

Evil noun - That which is morally unacceptable.

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Defect and evil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Evil".

Nearby Word: evilly

single	single defect	single evil
powerful	powerful defect	powerful evil
real	real defect	real evil
big	big defect	big evil
Other adjectives: potential, pretty, inherent, personal.

Most are irredeemably evil and those who aren't often defect to the Jedi, but especially later on you meet several who wholeheartedly embrace the sith code but reject the more Ax-Crazy traits of their fellows (it helps that the more crazy or evil have by that point killed themselves off).

Source: Always Chaotic Evil
It also shows there were Helghast who was willing to defect and there were genuinely evil Vektans who weren't Quislings but outright genocidal as the Helghast.

Source: Rooting For The Empire / Video Games
It's so hellish (and the Jedi General is evil and planning to defect), the Clones are tricked to killing each other.

Source: War Is Hell

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