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noun
The state of being unrighteous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: immorality, indecency, unrightfulness, dishonour, improbity, impropriety, undecency, ungodliness, unhonour, unprobity, unpropriety, unrighteousness, unsaintliness, unseemliness, unuprightness, unvirtuousness, wickedness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
failure to adhere to moral principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: righteousness
Broader terms: immorality
Narrower terms: sin, sinfulness, wickedness, impiety, impiousness, injustice, unjustness, dishonorableness, dishonourableness, dishonor, dishonour, dishonesty
History
From Middle English unriȝtwisnesse, from Old English unrihtwīsnes; equivalent to un- + righteousness or unrighteous + -ness.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
