addiction

addiction has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
• 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; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
• n.. an abnormally strong craving
• n.. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)