'Faithlessness' definitions:
Definition of 'faithlessness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous [syn: faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy]
Definition of 'Faithlessness'
From: GCIDE
- Faithless \Faith"less\, a.
- 1. Not believing; not giving credit. [1913 Webster]
- Be not faithless, but believing. --John xx. 27. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. [1913 Webster]
- A most unnatural and faithless service. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." --Goldsmith. -- {Faith"less*ly}, adv.{Faith"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]