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Antonyms for godlessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : god-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒd lɪs



Definition of godlessness

Origin :
  • 1520s, from god + -less. Related: Godlessness. Phrase godless communism attested by 1851.
  • As in atheism : noun belief that no god exists
  • As in impiety : noun ungodliness
Example sentences :
  • Well, so it is; but we will steer clear of its godlessness; we will avoid the dancing-houses.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp's Wallet » by William Duthie
  • The psalmist has no doubt that to hunt after his life is a sign of godlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
  • That may be perfectly and yet it may not follow that opposition to a man is godlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
  • That is why our great church is unaffected by the godlessness that alarms others.
  • Extract from : « That Last Waif » by Horace Fletcher
  • Repent, he cried, repent of your godlessness, of your joy in things that are not holy!
  • Extract from : « The Story of Mankind » by Hendrik Van Loon
  • What absurdity and what a recognition of godlessness, or a recognition of God of that which is not God.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Leo Tolstoi (First Volume--1895-1899) » by Leo Tolstoi
  • The ages which are the ages of godlessness are those in which there has been no challenging of the accepted thing.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Problems of To-day: Lectures Delivered Before Lake Forest College on the Foundation of the Late William Bross » by John Huston Finley
  • Let them talk in empty halls, let them be angry at my godlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Pharaoh and the Priest » by Alexander Glovatski
  • He was among the first thinkers of Europe to overcome the pessimism which godlessness generally brings in its wake.
  • Extract from : « Thus Spake Zarathustra » by Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Meanwhile the Eighteenth Century, with its godlessness and its debauchery, was born.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 » by Various

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