Antonyms for lawlessnesslaw·less·ness

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1. lawlessness

   The essential idea of revolution is a change in the form of government or constitution, or a change of rulers, otherwise than as provided by the laws of succession, election, etc.; while such change is apt to involve armed hostilities, these make no necessary part of the revolution. The revolution by which Dom Pedro was dethroned, and Brazil changed from an empire to a republic, was accomplished without a battle, and almost without a shot. Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes. Lawlessness is a temper of mind or condition of the community which may result in anarchy. Confusion, disorder, riot, and tumult are incidental and temporary outbreaks of lawlessness, but may not be anarchy. Insubordination is individual disobedience. Sedition is the plotting, rebellion the fighting, against the existing government, but always with the purpose of establishing some other government in its place. When rebellion is successful it is called revolution; but there may be revolution without rebellion; as, the English Revolution of 1688. A revolt is an uprising against existing authority without the comprehensive views of change in the form or administration of government that are involved in revolution. Anarchy, when more than temporary disorder, is a proposed disintegration of society, in which it is imagined that social order might exist without government. Slaves make insurrection; soldiers or sailors break out in mutiny; subject provinces rise in revolt. Compare SOCIALISM.

   Antonyms:
   authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy

   Synonyms:
   anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sedition, tumult

Matched Categories

1. • Disorder
   • Government
   • Illegality

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1. anarchy, lawlessnessnoun

   a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

   Synonyms:
   anarchy, outlawry

2. lawlessness, outlawrynoun

   illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

   Synonyms:
   anarchy, outlawry

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1. lawlessnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   anarchy, unrestraint, abandon, mobocracy, license, riot

How to use lawlessness in a sentence?

1. Kirstjen Nielsen:

   DHS will not tolerate this type of lawlessness and will not hesitate to shut down ports of entry for security and public safety reasons. We will also seek to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our front-line operators, or violates our nation's sovereignty.

2. Ted Cruz:

   Congress is obliged to use every constitutional check and balance we have to rein in President Obama's lawlessness, and that includes both our confirmation authority over nominees and the power of the purse.

3. Vice President Biden:

   I want to be very clear about all of this : Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. It's lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted, violence will not bring change, it will only bring destruction. It's wrong in every way.

4. Officer Joseph:

   Law enforcement needs to be respected, not because we were angels who walk on water, but because we're the living embodiment of the law, and when you don't even respect or value the life of the living embodiment of that individual enforcing the law, you're going to have lawlessness that's going to come.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   It's absolutely outrageous. Obviously it cannot continue, but the fact is that there is an attitude of lawlessness in our country that springs from I don't know where… and we cannot have that lawlessness become the norm. WARRANT ISSUED FOR CALIFORNIA NORDSTROM SMASH-AND-GRAB SUSPECT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON BAIL.

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