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1 playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm
  • a couple of live wires who got into all kinds of wickedness during their vacation in Las Vegas

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2 the state or quality of being utterly evil
  • the movie featured a villain of unadulterated wickedness

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“Wickedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wickedness. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.

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