Near-synonyms: criminality, feloniousness, illicitness
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Unlawfulness
Synonyms for "unlawfulness" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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14 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- lainvastaisuus noun (state of being unlawful)
- laittomuus noun (state of being unlawful)
- laittomuus noun (unlawful act)
German
3 entries- Gesetzwidrigkeit noun (state of being unlawful)
- Gesetzwidrigkeit noun (unlawful act)
- Rechtswidrigkeit noun (state of being unlawful)
Hindi
1 entries- अवैधता noun (state of being unlawful)
Polish
4 entries- bezprawie noun (unlawful act)
- bezprawność noun (state of being unlawful)
- nielegalność noun (state of being unlawful)
- nieprawność noun (state of being unlawful)
Romanian
3 entries- ilegalitate noun (state of being unlawful)
- ilegalitate noun (unlawful act)
- nelegiuire noun (unlawful act)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.
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After all, Cave speaks about orders being so manifestly illegal that the person carrying them out must or ought to have been aware of their unlawfulness. From this alone, one can draw the conclusion that, if the executant of the order actually knows of its unlawfulness, he ought to be convicted, no matter whether the order is or, as in John Doe's case, is not manifestly illegal.
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Near-synonyms: offense; outrage
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