Antonyms for criminality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : krim-uh-nal-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkrɪm əˈnæl ɪ ti


Definition of criminality

Origin :
  • 1610s, from French criminalité, from Medieval Latin criminalitas, from Latin criminalis (see criminal).
  • As in misdeed/misdemeanor : noun sin, crime
  • As in turpitude : noun depravity
  • As in misdeed : noun crime
  • As in misdemeanor : noun criminal offense
  • As in illegality : noun crime
  • As in immorality : noun crime
  • As in indirection : noun dishonesty
  • As in peccancy : noun crime
  • As in peccancy : noun evil
  • As in shadiness : noun indirection
  • As in shiftiness : noun indirection
  • As in slyness : noun indirection
  • As in sneakiness : noun indirection
  • As in trickiness : noun indirection
  • As in underhandedness : noun indirection
  • As in crime : noun offense against the law
  • As in depravity : noun corruption, immorality
  • As in dishonesty : noun lying; unwillingness to tell the truth
  • As in evil : noun badness, immorality; disaster
  • As in guilt : noun blame; bad conscience over responsibility
Example sentences :
  • Weigh in the scales his criminality and the suffering he has undergone.
  • Extract from : « Justice (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • The criminality of the hysterical is always connected with the sexual functions.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • Homicide forms 91% of the criminality of this group of offenders.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • Criminality, again, is associated with feeble-mindedness in the most intimate way.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • He fancies that he is thus safeguarded against his own criminality.
  • Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
  • The criminality of the Negro seemingly has decreased as the illiteracy has decreased.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
  • Oh, we were so happy that we hardly had a thought for our criminality, but only for our love.
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of an Empress » by Louise Muhlbach
  • She had had hardly time to realise the criminality of the offence imputed.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
  • The statistics of their criminality in Trichinopoly and Madura were also bad.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • You may know of the high percentage of criminality in Belgium.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany » by Edward Lyell Fox

Synonyms for criminality

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