SINFULNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sinfulness mean? 

• SINFULNESS (noun)
  The noun SINFULNESS has 1 sense:

1. estrangement from god

  Familiarity information: SINFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINFULNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Estrangement from god

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

sin; sinfulness; wickedness

Hypernyms ("sinfulness" is a kind of...):

unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sinfulness"):

mark of Cain (the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature)

Derivation:

sinful (having committed unrighteous acts)

sinful (characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin)

 Context examples 

And again, with never-failing wonder, I remarked the total lack of viciousness, or wickedness, or sinfulness in his face.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)