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 | | A virtue can be corrupted by nonuse, misuse, or overuse.Thus the cardinal vices would be lust (nonuse of temperance), cowardice (nonuse of courage), folly (misuse of an virtue, opposite of wisdom), and venality (nonuse of justice). |
 | | The Christian vices would be blasphemy (faith betrayed), unforgiveness (hope betrayed), apostasy (nonuse of piety), and indifference (scripturally, a " hardened heart "), the betrayal of perfect love: charity. |
 | | Behaviors or attitudes going against the established virtues of the culture may also be called vices: for instance, effeminacy is considered a vice in aculture espousing manliness as an essential element of the character ofmales. |
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