Meaning of criminalness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state or quality of being criminal.

dated, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The criminalness, rebellion, transgression, the disobedience that is in sin, …”

“There is a great deal⟳ of difference as to the criminalness of false persuasions upon this account: the same error which one person may hold⟳ very pardonably, (as being, without much fault of his own⟳, either through weakness of parts, or prejudice from education, or want⟳ or opportunity of knowing better, unavoidably, in a manner, led into it; I say⟳, that very same error,) may be extremely dangerous in other persons, that have⟳ better parts, [...]”

“The Constitution of the United States permits the suffrage of women. . . . Under it legally constituted women—as to age, freedom from criminalness, etc.—may vote⟳ for all officers from president to township supervisor.”

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