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Unlawfulness definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNLAW'FULNESS, n.
1. Illegality; contrariety to law.
2. Illegitimacy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of failing to conform to law [ant: lawfulness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see unlawful

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unlawful Un*law"ful, a. Not lawful; contrary to law. -- Un*law"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*law"ful*ness, n. Unlawful assembly. (Law) See under Assembly.

Moby Thesaurus

aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, anarchy, anomie, criminalism, criminality, delinquency, deviance, deviancy, illegality, illegitimacy, illicit business, illicitness, impermissibility, improperness, impropriety, inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecorousness, indecorum, inequitableness, inequity, infraction, iniquitousness, iniquity, injustice, lawlessness, legal flaw, outlawry, sinfulness, technical flaw, undueness, unfitness, unfittingness, unjustness, unmeetness, unrighteousness, unseemliness, unsuitability, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongfulness, wrongness