NOUN | attribute | unrighteousness | failure to adhere to moral principles |
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Meaning | failure to adhere to moral principles. | |
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Example | "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness" | |
Narrower | dishonesty | The quality of being dishonest |
dishonor, dishonour | lacking honor or integrity | |
dishonorableness, dishonourableness | The quality of not deserving honor or respect | |
impiety, impiousness | unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god | |
injustice, unjustness | The practice of being unjust / unjust / unjust or unfair | |
sin, sinfulness, wickedness | estrangement from god | |
Broader | immorality | The quality of not being in accord / accord with standards of right or good conduct |
Opposite | righteousness | adhering to moral principles |
Spanish | injusticia, maldad, perversidad | |
Catalan | perversitat | |
Adjectives | unrighteous | not righteous |
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