Antonyms for sinfulness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sin-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪn fəl

Definition of sinfulness

Origin : Old English synnfull "full of sin, wicked, unholy, contrary to the laws of God;" see sin (n.) + -ful. Weakened sense of "contrary to propriety or decency" is from 1863. Related: Sinfully; sinfulness.

As in iniquity : noun sin, evil
As in irreverence : noun disrespect
As in sin : noun illegal or immoral action
As in turpitude : noun depravity
As in wrong : noun offense, sin
As in original sin : noun innate corruption
As in evildoing : noun transgression
As in immorality : noun corruption
As in improbity : noun corruption
As in peccancy : noun evil
As in corruption : noun baseness
As in depravity : noun corruption, immorality
As in evil : noun badness, immorality; disaster
As in guilt : noun blame; bad conscience over responsibility
As in harm : noun injury, evil

Example sentences :

In my sinfulness I merit bitter disappointment, and I accept it.'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He remained alive, and blessed are those who live, if it is only to a sense of sinfulness.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

He was full of an overwhelming sense of his own wretchedness and sinfulness.
Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude

They were a special plague sent by God for their sinfulness.'
Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Its sinfulness will be shown by the contrast with the Christ-life.
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

His love and power are more than thy slowness and sinfulness.
Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray

How, then, is he to blame mankind for inheriting "sinfulness" from their first parents?
Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

They were never quite settled on the point of the sinfulness of the pleasure.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas

There are follies that are to be laughed out of their silliness and sinfulness.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 » by Various

Ah, Mr. Dale, when one thinks of the sinfulness there is in this life!
Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for sinfulness

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