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unˈrighteousness
[f. unrighteous a.]
The quality of being unrighteous; an instance of this, an unrighteous action.
c825Vesp. Psalter v. 7 Ðu fedest..alle ða ðe wircað un⁓rehtwisnisse. c1055Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia VIII. 332 Iniquitas on lyden on englisc ys ᵹecweden unrihtwisnys. c1200Vices & Virtues 37 Ðurh his unrihtwisnesse he bringþ his saule in to helle pine. a1300E.E. Psalter xxxvi. 7 In man..Unrightwisnes þat es doand. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 240 A grete vnriȝtwisnesse regneþ among lordis whanne þei wolen not distroie pride. 1422Yong tr. Secreta Secret. 132 Vnryghtuossnes disherityth kynges and Pryncis. 1535Coverdale 2 Esdras vii. 35 The righteousnesses shall watch, and the vnrighteousnesses shall beare no rule. 1590Babington Expos. Commandm. 70, I am not worthie to beholde the height of Heauen, for the multitude of my vnrighteousnesse. 1611Bible Rom. i. 18 The wrath of God is reueiled from heauen against all..vnrighteousnesse of men. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. (1686) II. v. 80 The inherent unrighteousness consequent upon Adam's sin. a1758Witherspoon Ess. Sel. Wks. 1804 I. 36 He is a God..with whom unrighteousness can have no communion. 1833S. Hoole Discourses xv. 200 The unrighteousness of living to himself alone. 1871Jowett Plato II. 330 If only he can..be pure from evil or unrighteousness. |