saint vs villain

saint

verb
  • To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint. 

prefix
  • A prefix attached to another term, used to create placenames. The resultant placename need not be associated with any religious saint character. 

noun
  • A person with positive qualities; one who does good. 

  • A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue. 

  • One of the blessed in heaven. 

villain

noun
  • A vile, wicked person. 

  • An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes. 

  • Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”). 

  • In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero. 

  • A deliberate scoundrel. 

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