obnoxiousness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OBNOX'IOUSNESS, noun 1. Subjection or liableness to punishment. 2. Odiousness; offensiveness. The obnoxiousness of the law rendered the legislature unpopular.
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