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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance: a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction.
  2. n. An instance of this: a person with multiple chemical addictions.
  3. n. The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.
  4. n. An instance of this: had an addiction for fast cars.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The state of being given up to some habit, practice, or pursuit; addictedness; devotion.
  2. n. In Roman law, a formal giving over or delivery by sentence of court; hence, a surrender or dedication of any one to a master.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
  2. n. A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
  3. n. A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
  2. n. (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
  3. n. an abnormally strong craving

Etymologies

  1. From addict +‎ -ion; compare (Latin) addictio ("an adjudging, an award") (Wiktionary)

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