Synonyms:
addiction
Meaning: (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"
Synonyms:
addiction
Meaning: an abnormally strong craving
Synonyms:
addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
Meaning: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)