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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Addiction \Ad*dic"tion\, n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.]
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. ``His
addiction was to courses vain.'' --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
addiction
n 1: being abnormally dependent on something that is
psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially
alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: {dependence}, {dependency}]
2: an abnormally strong craving
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