单词 | unrightfulness |
释义 | unrightfulnessn. The quality of being unrightful. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun] unrighteOE unrightnessOE unrightfulnessc1275 wrongousnessc1325 the wrongc1330 unequityc1380 injustice1390 unreasonc1390 wrongfulnessa1400 unskilfulnessc1410 unjustnessc1443 unevennessa1470 unjusticea1475 disreason1480 unreasonablenessc1515 inequity1556 iniquity1587 non-reason1597 unequalness1628 unfairness1713 wrongness1833 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable unrightfulnessc1275 unwarrantableness1633 unjustifiableness1642 undueness1653 indefensibility1823 unwarrantability1836 indefensibleness1876 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > iniquity unrighteousnesseOE unrightfulnessc1275 iniquity13.. unequityc1384 iniquitousness1870 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1742 Ic nolde þat unriht fulnesse Me at þen ende ouer kome. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) vii. 15 Lo, þe sinner doþ vnryȝt-fulnesse [L. iniquitatem]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vii. 18 This is sothfast, and vnriȝtfulnesse [L. iniustitia] is not in him. 1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) ii. xvii. sig. i.iiiiv/1 Periurye is cause..of alle vnrightefulnesse. 1530 Compend. Olde Treat. sig. A.viii The wrathe of god is shewyd..vpon cruelnes and vnryghtfulnes of these men. 1608 R. Kilby Burthen of Loaden Conscience 61 I haue many waies counselled, aided, and concealed vnrightfulnesse. 1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1892) I. 62 The unrightfulness and inefficacy of the punishment of crimes by death. 1862 Friends Rev. 6 Sept. 43/1 There is no need for me (nor does our time permit} to argue the rightfulness or unrightfulness of all war. 1939 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 29 703 If a juvenile has committed a crime he is not deemed responsible for it if for special reasons he was not mature enough to be aware of the unrightfulness of his doing or to act in accordance with his knowledge. 2011 J. De Landtsheer in J. De Landtsheer & H. Nellen Between Scylla & Charybdis iii. 337 The references to a wintry weather and a stormy sea, together with the complaints about the unrightfulness and stealth of Lipsius's decision. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1275 |
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