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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the quality of being outrageous;
[syn: outrageousness, enormity]

2. vastness of size or extent;
- Example: "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"
- Example: "universities recognized the enormity of their task"

3. the quality of extreme wickedness;

4. an act of extreme wickedness;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Enormity \E*nor"mi*ty\, n.; pl. Enormities. [L. enormitas, fr. enormis enormous: cf. F. ['e]normit['e]. See Enormous.] 1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous. [1913 Webster] The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity. [1913 Webster] These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. --South. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enormity n 1: the quality of being outrageous [syn: outrageousness, enormity] 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