Addiction

(noun.) (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'.

(noun.) an abnormally strong craving.

(noun.) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs).

手打:洛葛仙妮