SuaviloquyToday’s word

unrighteousness

Unrighteous, a. — Webster enters it under “unrighteous”

Etymology: [OE. unrightwise, AS. unrihtwis. See Un- not, and Righteous.]

1. Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

2. Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence. -- Un*right"eous*ly, adv. -- Un*right"eous*ness, n.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for unrighteousness; he lists it under injustice, sin.

Where he writes about it:

"All unrighteousness is sin," 1 John v, 17. — from sin