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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