Definition of evil

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Evil (n.) malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula..

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Tempt :: Tempt (v. t.) To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce..
Faitour :: Faitour (n.) A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel..
Manichee :: Manichee (n.) A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil..
Pessimism :: Pessimism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism..
Imprecation :: Imprecation (n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse..
Retaliate :: Retaliate (v. i.) To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy..
Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Exist :: Exist (v. i.) To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign..
Saint-simonian :: Saint-Simonian (n.) A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist..
Zoroastrianism :: Zoroastrianism (n.) The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman). Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and Parsee..
Deviless :: Deviless (n.) A she-devil.
Church :: Church (n.) The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil..
Luciferian :: Luciferian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.
Goety :: Goety (n.) Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft.
Misdread :: Misdread (n.) Dread of evil.
Deservedly :: Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
Perpetration :: Perpetration (n.) The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
Talismanical :: Talismanical (a.) Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical..
Mara :: Mara (n.) The principal or ruling evil spirit.
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils..
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