LAWLESSNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts
   • defiance of the law
   Synonym(s)
   • outlawry (what does outlawry mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) lawlessness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • illegality (what does illegality mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • criminalize (what does criminalize mean?)
   • criminalise (what does criminalise mean?)
   • illegalize (what does illegalize mean?)
   • illegalise (what does illegalise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
   Synonym(s)
   • anarchy (what does anarchy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) lawlessness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disorder (what does disorder mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • nihilism (what does nihilism mean?)