What are some opposite words for lawfulness?
Antonyms for lawfulnesslaw·ful·ness
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term lawfulness.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
lawfulness
In its governmental relations, human or divine, justice is the giving to every person exactly what he deserves, not necessarily involving any consideration of what any other may deserve; equity (the quality of being equal) is giving every one as much advantage, privilege, or consideration as is given to any other; it is that which is equally right or just to all concerned; equity is equal justice and is thus a close synonym for fairness and impartiality, but it has a philosophical and legal precision that those words have not. In legal proceedings cases arise for which the law has not adequately provided, or in which general provisions, just in the main, would work individual hardship. The system of equity, devised to supply the insufficiencies of law, deals with cases "to which the law by reason of its universality can not apply." "Equity, then, ... is the soul and spirit of all law; positive law is construed and rational law is made by it."
Blackstone bk. iii, ch. 27, p. 429. In personal and social relations justice is the rendering to every one what is due or merited, whether in act, word, or thought; in matters of reasoning, or literary work of any kind, justice is close, faithful, unprejudiced, and unbiased adherence to essential truth or fact; we speak of the justice of a statement, or of doing justice to a subject. Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due. Lawfulness is an ambiguous word, meaning in its narrower sense mere legality, which may be very far from justice, but in its higher sense signifying accordance with the supreme law of right, and thus including perfect justice. Justness refers rather to logical relations than to practical matters; as, we speak of the justness of a statement or of a criticism. See JUDGE, n.Antonyms:
dishonesty, favoritism, inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, unlawfulness, unreasonableness, untruth, wrongSynonyms:
equity, fair play, fairness, faithfulness, honor, impartiality, integrity, justice, justness, law, legality, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightfulness, truth, uprightness, virtuePreposition:
The justice of the king; to or for the oppressed.
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Princeton's WordNet
lawfulnessnoun
the quality of conforming to law
Antonyms:
unlawfulness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lawfulnessnoun
Antonyms:
unlawfulness, illegalitySynonyms:
legality, legitimacy
How to use lawfulness in a sentence?
Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short; whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you; however innocent it may be in itself.
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#56821 | inequity | |
#58948 | unfairness | |
#66952 | partiality | |
#71431 | favoritism | |
#89830 | lawfulness | |
#108989 | untruth | |
#189071 | unreasonableness | |
#258411 | unlawfulness |
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