Lawlessness

noun

A lack of civil order or peace: anarchy, disorder, misrule. See order/disorder, peace/conflict.

Definition: anarchy
Antonyms: order

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
  Synonym: anarchy

Meaning #2: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
  Synonym: outlawry

Lawlessness may be:

• lack of law, in any of the various senses of that word (see also law (disambiguation));
• chaos;
• randomness;
• antinomianism;
• anomie;
• anarchy;
• anarchism.

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