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English Dictionary: faithlessness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faithlessness
n
  1. unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
    Synonym(s): faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faithless \Faith"less\, a.
      1. Not believing; not giving credit.
  
                     Be not faithless, but believing.         --John xx. 27.
  
      2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not
            believing in the Christian religion. --Shak.
  
      3. Not observant of promises or covenants.
  
      4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious;
            trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as
            a husband or a wife.
  
                     A most unnatural and faithless service. --Shak.
  
      5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.
            [bd]Yonder faithless phantom.[b8] --Goldsmith. --
            {Faith"less*ly}, adv.{Faith"less*ness}, n.
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