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# lawlessness

noun (no plural)

«lawlessness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The state of having no law or order; a time when people break the rules and nobody keeps control. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawlessness/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories lawlessness means a land where rules are broken, and people long to be free and wild again

### Examples

- The town fell into lawlessness after the sheriff left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawlessness/#x1)
- Police stopped the lawlessness in the streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawlessness/#x2)
- The tale tells of wild lawlessness in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawlessness/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lawlessness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawlessness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lawlessness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lawlessness.html) on Mova free.