Badness and Righteousness

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Badness noun - The state or quality of being utterly evil.

Usage example: the villain's complete badness made him a good foil for the unfailingly virtuous hero

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Righteousness is an antonym for badness in wickedness topic.

Nearby Word: bad

Righteousness noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Usage example: the laws do not always dictate righteousness, for what is legal is not always moral

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Badness is an antonym for righteousness.

Nearby Word: righteous

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