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This falseness is not true
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faithlessness
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being faithless.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous [syn: falseness , fickleness , inconstancy ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Faithless \Faith"less\, a. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. --John xx. 27. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. --Shak. Not observant of promises or covenants. Not true ...
Usage examples of faithlessness.
The Duchess of Fontanges must not enjoy her victory, nor must Louis escape punishment for his faithlessness.
Nevertheless, the most minute examination would not have revealed any faithlessness to the original, but some imperceptible touches gave a real but indefinite air of beauty to the whole.
Long were the nights, as a-riot with Hepatomachy and Pursuit, as the days a-tangle with Rumor and Faithlessness, not to mention wayward Barouches, opiated Chablis at Pick-nicks unforeseen, Ear-rings lost and found, invisible Street-Singers echoing 'round the Corners, the Melancholy of the City at sunset, a descent, like passing into sleep, uneasy and full of terror till we be establish'd once more within the Evening, as within the Evening's first Dream My efforts to reach Vaucanson were not without Repercussion.
The modesty inherent in the sex, the fear of results, perhaps a kind of instinct which reveals to them the natural faithlessness of men make women ask for such promises, but what mistress, if really amorous, would even think of asking her lover to respect her in the moment of delirious ecstacy, when all one's being is centred on the fulfilment of desire?