A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
an abnormally strong craving
being abnormally dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
(Roman law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
(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
