unrighteousness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, noun unri'chusness. Injustice; a violation of the divine law, or of the plain principles of justice and equity; wickedness. unrighteousness may consist of a single unjust act, but more generally, when applied to persons, it denotes an habitual course of wickedness. Romans 1:29. 2 Corinthians 6:14. Every transgression of the law is unrighteousness
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