Enormity Definition

enormity
noun
  1. the quality of being outrageous
  2. vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"
  3. the quality of extreme wickedness
  4. an act of extreme wickedness

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