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Grammar : Noun
Spell : law-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ lɪs



Definition of lawlessness

Origin :
  • c.1200, lawelese (see law + -less) Related: Lawlessly; lawlessness.
  • noun anarchy
Example sentences :
  • Yes, he said; the lawlessness of which you speak too easily steals in.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • But, Pericles, violence and lawlessness—how do we define them?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • Consequently there was a striking opportunity for lawlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • There was, nevertheless, plenty of lawlessness of the new kind.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • That's how your money-making is justified here in the face of lawlessness and disorder.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • The worn-out, typewritten-out Ollie pleaded against Prue's lawlessness.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Contrast, indeed, constituted the one law of her lawlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • Then I began to search for the laws regulating its lawlessness.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Yet it would be easy to overstate the lawlessness of the Panhandle.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • The daily newspaper lives on commotion, crime, lawlessness in general.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

Synonyms for lawlessness

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