Unrighteousness
[ʌn'raitʃәsnis]
Definition
(noun.) failure to adhere to moral principles; 'forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness'.
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Examples
- Yes, he said, there are all the evils which we were just now passing in review: unrighteousness, intemperance, cowardice, ignorance. Plato. The Republic.
- On such terms of unrighteousness what we may call Grand Monarchy established itself in France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So Rebecca, during her stay at Queen's Crawley, made as many friends of the Mammon of Unrighteousness as she could possibly bring under control. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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