wrongfulness
1
7.4
- noun
- /ˈrɔŋfəlnəs/
- Formal
:
ilícito
- He finally admitted the wrongfulness of his actions and sought forgiveness from those he hurt.
Examples
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Here there were no epistemic or ontological objections to lean on, no issue about the continuity of official hostility, and no question about the wrongfulness of the intent to discriminate against Muslims.
Academic text (2018) -
This exaggeration may stem from our culture's tendency to equate wrongfulness with harmfulness in sexual matters (Money, 1979).
Academic text (1997) -
Was she cognizant of their wrongfulness?
Fiction book (1993) -
Moreover, Rind et al. agreed that their findings had no legislative implications, and that 'wrongfulness' and 'harmfulness' were not the same thing.
Blog text (22) -
While wrongfulness may be easily established, as mentioned above, attribution is notoriously elusive and difficult in cyberspace.
Academic text (2017) -
It both crystallizes and clarifies the wrongfulness of Stoll's behavior.
Academic text (2016) -
Reparation compensates the victim's loss, focuses attention on the wrongfulness of the crime and its human consequences, and provides a sense of vindication to the victim.
Academic text (1998) -
Under U.S. federal law, an insanity defense requires that "at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the defendant, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his acts."
Academic text (2012) -
More recently, some Catholic theologians have claimed that the wrongfulness of the use of artificial means of contraception has been taught infallibly by the ordinary universal magisterium.
Academic text (1997) -
Did Susan Smith have, in legal parlance, the "capacity to conform her conduct to the law," or, even though she undoubtedly appreciated the wrongfulness of her act, was she in the grip of an "irresistible impulse"?
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
197
3.9
An unfair action or situation that treats people badly
28
5.2
A state of being morally wrong or evil
23
6.3
Bad behavior that people see as wrong or evil
21
2.1
A situation when someone treats people in a way that is not equal or right
21
9.5
Very bad or unfair actions that harm people
8
6.5
A quality of doing very bad things and wanting to harm people
6
6.8
A state of being not accepted by society or by moral standards
4
7.5
Being separated from God or doing what religion says is wrong
4
9.1
Behavior that is wrong or unfair towards other people
1
9.9
Extreme unfairness in a contract or action that is morally wrong
1
9.6
Very evil behaviour that harms other people
1
9.9
Very bad actions that break the law
A situation where people are treated unfairly
A very unfair way of acting that shows no care for what is right
A habit of ignoring right and wrong and being dishonest to get what you want
Antonyms
How Wrongful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wrongfulness comes from the simple word wrong, which once had the idea 'crooked' or simply 'not right'. The parts -ful ('full of') and -ness ('the state of') turn it into the 'state of being wrong', so it means being against what is fair or morally right.