wrongfulnessn.
/ˈrɒŋf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈrɔŋfəlnəs/, /ˈrɑŋfəlnəs/ The state, quality, or character of being wrong or wrongful; absence of right, equity, or justice; wrongness.
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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 > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun]
unrightnessOE
unrightOE
wronga1100
un-i-rightc1275
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
non-reason1597
wrongness1833
unconscionability1908
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 7546 Nouþer may iren nor stele were monnes wrongfulnes wele.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxvii. 222/2 To abstaine from anoyance, wrongfulnesse, and violence.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvi. 302 Wit is maymed with ignorance; Will, with wrongfulnes.
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva ii. iv. 98 The right or wrongfulness of this that hath been said.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. i. ii. 13 The summary expulsion of all superstition, wrongfulness, and ill-will.
1866 Sat. Rev. 28 Apr. 488/2 [To] allege the wrongfulness of his own acquisition.
1880 F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif 393 On the Wrongfulness of the Clergy holding Secular Office.
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