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lawlessness

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law·less  (lôls)
adj.
1. Unrestrained by law; unruly: a lawless mob.
2. Contrary to the law; unlawful: the lawless slaughter of protected species.
3. Not governed by law: the lawless frontier.
lawless·ly adv.
lawless·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lawlessness - a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
anarchy
governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
nihilism - complete denial of all established authority and institutions
2.lawlessness - illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
outlawry
illegality - unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
lawlessness
noun anarchy, disorder, chaos, reign of terror, mob rule, mobocracy, ochlocracy


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This explanation will, I trust, relieve those well-regulated minds, who cannot conceive of such literary lawlessness, from the bewilderment which they suffered when the same experiment was tried in a former book.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Mercedes and I are not much alarmed about the horse, although this part of Spain is in something of a turmoil, politically, at present, and there is a good deal of lawlessness.
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Maidens and modesty, as I have said, wandered at will alone and unattended, without fear of insult from lawlessness or libertine assault, and if they were undone it was of their own will and pleasure.
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