unfaithfulnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfeɪθf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈfeɪθfəlnəs/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun]
unbeliefc1160
wantruthc1175
mislevea1200
doubta1225
untrothc1380
untruthc1380
unreligiositya1382
irreligiosity1382
unbelieffulnessc1384
unfaithfulness1388
unbelievinga1400
unfaith1415
wanbelevenessc1440
wanbelievingc1440
wantrowinga1450
wanbelevea1470
mistruthc1480
infidelity1509
incredulity1532
atheonismc1534
unbelievingness1561
irreligiousness?1577
faithlessness1579
unreligiousness1579
atheism1587
scruple1600
discredence1627
doubtinga1628
disbelieving1645
atheisticalness1654
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
atheisticness1691
nothingism1755
scepticism1800
nihilisma1817
infidelisma1834
nothingarianism1842
agnosticism1870
disfaith1870
no-Goddism1931
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsedom1297
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
falsityc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness1526
untrustiness1526
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
truth breach1597
faithlessness1598
bad faith1653
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
unreliableness1844
disfaith1881
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Tim. ii. 16 But eschewe thou vnhooli and veyn spechis, for whi tho profiten myche to vnfeithfulnesse.
1395 J. Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 61 Unfeithful men that shulen be dampnid uttirli..if thei dien in unfeithfulnesse.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQiiiiv Therof foloweth somtyme, infydelyte or vnfaithfulnesse.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 56 Whoso therfore wil beware of this vnfaithfulnesse, let him kepe alwayes in remembrance [etc.].
2.
a. The quality of being unfaithful; lack of good faith or fidelity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness?a1505
untrustiness1526
infidelity1529
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
faithlessness1598
recreancy1602
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
disfaith1881
a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 570 in Poems (1981) 129 Traisting in vther als greit vnfaithfulnes, Als vnconstant, and als vntrew of fay.
1532 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 251 As towchinge the onfaythfulnes..of Father Forest, I dyd wryte of unto my Lady Marcas of Penbroke.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vi. f. 218 So the legataries and children of the deceased are often defrauded..by the vnfaithfulnesse of the executor.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xxv. 26–27 Unprofitableness and omission of duty, is damnable unfaithfulness in us that are but Stewards and Servants.
1737 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 493 It contains a clear Proof of the Unfaithfullness of a Person in whom Your Majesty has placed a Trust.
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 14 Henry was in the height of his resentment, at the unfaithfulness of his allies.
1842 J. B. Fraser Allee Neemroo II. 31 If you impute to me any unfaithfulness towards you, I swear that you are deceived.
1881 R. W. Church Cathedral & Univ. Serm. (1892) v. 59 The taint..of insincerities, of treacheries, of unfaithfulnesses to light.
b. spec. (Cf. unfaithful adj. 2d.)
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > unfaithfulness
unfaithfulness1848
two-timing1927
zipper problem1985
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvi. 607 Is it unfaithfulness to my husband? I scorn it, and defy anybody to prove it.
1851 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1867) II. 191 Nor, again, was unfaithfulness..conclusively fatal against a wife.
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