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addiction

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Noun

(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
- under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery

an abnormally strong craving

being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

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Synonyms:
dependence dependance dependency habituation

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "addiction":
addiction adduction
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