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criminalness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English criminal Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English criminalness From criminal + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (dated, rare, uncountable) The state or quality of being criminal.
    • The criminalness, rebellion, transgression, the disobedience that is in sin, … 1655, John Owen, Vindiciae Evangelicae, published in The Works of John Owen, (William H. Goold, editor), page 515
    • There is a great deal of difference as to the criminalness of false persuasions upon this account: the same error which one person may hold very pardonably, (as being, without much fault of his own, either through weakness of parts, or prejudice from education, or want or opportunity of knowing better, unavoidably, in a manner, led into it; I say, that very same error,) may be extremely dangerous in other persons, that have better parts, [...] 1754, John Sharp, The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Sharp, volume III, fifth edition:
    • The Constitution of the United States permits the suffrage of women. . . . Under it legally constituted women—as to age, freedom from criminalness, etc.—may vote for all officers from president to township supervisor. 1896, W. S. Harwood, “Constitutional Suffrage for Women”, in North American Review, volume 162, number 474, retrieved 05 Dec 2010, page 632:

Synonyms

criminality