sinfulness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SIN'FULNESS, noun 1. The quality of being sinful or contrary to the divine will; wickedness; iniquity; criminality; as the sinfulness of an action; the sinfulness of thoughts or purposes. 2. Wickedness; corruption; depravity; as the sinfulness of men or of the human race.
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