UNRIGHTEOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unrighteousness mean? 

• UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun UNRIGHTEOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. failure to adhere to moral principles

  Familiarity information: UNRIGHTEOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Failure to adhere to moral principles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness

Hypernyms ("unrighteousness" is a kind of...):

immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unrighteousness"):

sin; sinfulness; wickedness (estrangement from god)

impiety; impiousness (unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god)

injustice; unjustness (the practice of being unjust or unfair)

dishonorableness; dishonourableness (the quality of not deserving honor or respect)

dishonor; dishonour (lacking honor or integrity)

dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)

Antonym:

righteousness (adhering to moral principles)

Derivation:

unrighteous (not righteous)

 Context examples 

I know for myself that I was shocked into admiration of the boy, and I saw in him the splendid invincibleness of immortality rising above the flesh and the fears of the flesh, as in the prophets of old, to condemn unrighteousness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)