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badness

noun
/ˈbæd.nəs/

Etymology

From Middle English baddenes, badnes, badnesse; equivalent to bad + -ness.

  1. inherited from baddenes

Definitions

  1. The quality or degree of being bad.

    • The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA