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Synonyms for lawlessness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : law-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ lɪs |
Définition of lawlessness
Origin :- c.1200, lawelese (see law + -less) Related: Lawlessly; lawlessness.
- noun anarchy
- 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
Antonyms for lawlessness
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