Associations to the word «Lawlessness»

Wiktionary

LAWLESSNESS, noun. A lack of law and order; anarchy
LAWLESSNESS, noun. Defiance of the law; outlawry

Dictionary definition

LAWLESSNESS, noun. A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).
LAWLESSNESS, noun. Illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne