Defect
Vice
Vice noun - Immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society.
Defect is a synonym for vice in characteristic topic. You can use "Defect" instead a noun "Vice", if it concerns topics such as weakness, fault, inadequacy, shortcoming. popular alternative
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Vice and Defect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defect/vice
Defect & Vice. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defect/vice>.
Vice or Defect. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defect/vice.
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