Antonyms for wickedness


Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪk ɪd nɪs


Definition of wickedness

Origin :
  • c.1300, from wicked + -ness.
  • noun sunfulness
  • noun sinfulness
Example sentences :
  • It was not that she could not say "I have done no wickedness;" let us place this heroine in no false light.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You don't know, darling, the wickedness of that villainous baggage.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • He was working himself into a rage over the wickedness of Taku-Wakin.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Mankind has not been capable of more utter cruelty and wickedness than were in their hearts.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Idolatry indeed is wickedness; but it is the thing, not the name, which is so.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • What was 't you said about our going to that sink of wickedness at Providence?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Hasty you may have been, but I know that wickedness never had a lodgment in your heart.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • I will not hear it from your lips, and with the taint of your wickedness upon it.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • May he forgive the folly and wickedness of many who have gotten it up!
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • He did not feel the wickedness of that kind of thing as I did.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for wickedness

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