nefariousness

English

Etymology

nefarious +‎ -ness

Noun

nefariousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being nefarious.
    • 1899, Booth Tarkington, The Gentleman From Indiana, ch. 7,
      Thus the eye of Justice may not be said to have winked upon the nefariousness now under its vision.
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