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heinousness

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What does heinousness mean?

noun

  1. The property of being heinous.

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Taking a gun, the latter sets out to do the deed; but he realises the heinousness of it and turns back.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
Nor are the most conscientious compilations of Natural History for the benefit of the young and tender, free from the same heinousness of mistake.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
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Robbery is committed in a variety of ways, which have been very cleverly distinguished and classified by legislators according to their heinousness or merit, to the end that some robbers may be honored, while others are punished.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360