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UNHOLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being unholy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unholiness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unholiness"):
profaneness; unsanctification (unholiness by virtue of being profane)
Antonym:
holiness (the quality of being holy)
Derivation:
unholy (extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell)
unholy (having committed unrighteous acts)
unholy (not hallowed or consecrated)
