unarmedness

English

Etymology

unarmed +‎ -ness

Noun

unarmedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unarmed; lack of weapons.
    • 1914, John Reed Scott, The Duke of Oblivion, page 208:
      I saw with a sinking heart that their revolver holsters also were gone. Was it because of the Duke's plan, and by his direction, that they had been seduced into unarmedness?
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