Definitions for lawlessness
law·less·ness

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1. anarchy, lawlessnessnoun

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

2. lawlessness, outlawrynoun

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

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1. lawlessnessnoun

   a lack of law and order; anarchy

2. lawlessnessnoun

   defiance of the law; outlawry

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1. Lawlessness

   Lawlessness is a lack of law, in any of the various senses of that word. Lawlessness may describe various conditions.

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1. lawlessness

   Lawlessness refers to a state of disorder or chaos due to the absence of laws, control, or authority. It often involves a situation where individuals ignore, violate, or are not governed by any laws, leading to a loss of security, peace, and order in a society. Essentially, it's a condition where the rule of law is non-existent or not enforced, leading to anarchy and widespread criminal or unethical activities.

Matched Categories

1. • Disorder
   • Government
   • Illegality

How to pronounce lawlessness?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lawlessness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lawlessness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of 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:

   I believe we should follow the text of every law, even (a) law I disagree with, it's one of the real differences -- if you look at President Obama and the lawlessness, if he disagrees with a law he simply refuses to follow it or claims the authority to unilaterally change.

3. Commission President William Briggs:

   This revised policy will not result in more crimes, or more guns, or more lawlessness in the city of Los Angeles, the current policy harms our Black and Brown communities. The current policy does not stop crime.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lawlessness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lawlessness
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawlessness
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com