English → Latin
“wickedness” in Latin
impietāsirreverence, ungodliness, impietyimprobitāswickedness, dishonesty, improbity; shamelessness, depravityscelusan evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action; wickedness, villainy; criminal, villain, felon, scoundrel, rascal, rnefāswrong; (moral) offense; wicked act; misdeed or misdoing; forbidden deed or act
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wickedness
impietas: improbitas (or by the adjective). A deed of wickedness, impie factum; scelus; nefas: to commit wickedness, impie facere: to commit great wickedness, multa impie nefarieque committere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wickedness?
- The usual Latin words for “wickedness” are impietās, improbitās, scelus; also nefās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.