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outlawness

outlawness noun: the characteristic of being an outlaw.

Noun

outlawness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being an outlaw.
    • He had a “Let's Spend the Night Together” swagger that young, lean, and confident men use to get away with murder, though he didn't indulge my mother's high bar of outlawness by pretending to be a killer.2014, Brando Skyhorse, Take This Man: A Memoir, page 63

Origin of outlawness

From outlaw + -ness.

Questions about outlawness

What does outlawness mean?
Outlawness means the characteristic of being an outlaw.
What part of speech is outlawness?
Outlawness is a noun.

Words near outlawness in the dictionary

  1. outlawdom
  2. outlawed
  3. outlawing
  4. outlawish
  5. outlawism
  6. outlawness
  7. outlawries
  8. outlawry
  9. outlaws
  10. outlawyer
  11. outlawyered

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