Lawlessness
['lɔ:lisnis]
Definition
(noun.) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law.
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Examples
- He waxes strong in all violence and lawlessness; and is ready for any deed of daring that will supply the wants of his rabble-rout. Plato. The Republic.
- Everywhere there was lawlessness, war, and a struggle for power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Not half a mile, was his sturdy answer; for he was not yet so much in love as to measure distance, or reckon time, with feminine lawlessness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Yes, he said; the lawlessness of which you speak too easily steals in. Plato. The Republic.
- It is customary to frown upon such aimless random activity, treating it as willful mischief or carelessness or lawlessness. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I now found the hardships and lawlessness of my youth turn to account. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But, my dear Crispin, all this lawlessness nowadays! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Lawlessness was soon suppressed, and the City of Mexico settled down into a quiet, law-abiding place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The students of the art are filled with lawlessness. Plato. The Republic.
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