illegality

3 definitions found

illegality - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Illegality \Il`le*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Illegalities. [Cf. F.
     ill['e]galit['e].]
     The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as,
     the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an
     illegal act.
     [1913 Webster]

illegality - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  illegality
      n 1: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
           [ant: legality]

illegality - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "illegality":
     aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, crime, criminality, delict,
     delinquency, deviance, deviancy, felony, improperness, impropriety,
     inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecorousness, indecorum,
     inequitableness, inequity, infraction, iniquitousness, iniquity,
     injustice, misdemeanor, offense, sinfulness, tort, undueness,
     unfitness, unfittingness, unjustness, unlawfulness, unmeetness,
     unrighteousness, unseemliness, unsuitability, violation,
     wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongfulness, wrongness