Definition of "wrongfulness" []

• The state or quality of being wrongful. (noun)

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• "The specific issue was whether the High Court and the Appeal Court ought to have broadened the concept of "wrongfulness" in the law of delict in the light of the State's constitutional duty to safeguard the rights of women."
• "Byrd acknowledged the wrongfulness of what he was and what he did."
• "The board said Lawrence had "a severe mental disease or defect" and was "unable to appreciate the nature and quality or wrongfulness of his conduct at the time of the alleged criminal misconduct.""