outlawness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

outlaw +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

outlawness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being an outlaw.
    • 2014, Brando Skyhorse, Take This Man: A Memoir, page 63:
      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.
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