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What is the noun for motivelessly?

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motive
  1. (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting. [14th-17th c.]
  2. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action. [from 15th c.]
  3. (obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move. [15th-17th c.]
  4. (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]
  5. (architecture, fine arts) A motif. [from 19th c.]
  6. (music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated. [from 19th c.]
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “What was the motive for the crime? It was not the business of the prosecution to suggest one.”
      “The motive given for the so-called revival of the law cannot be accepted.”
      “Was the photograph deliberately manipulated to mislead people? What was the motive for creating this photograph?”
motivelessness
  1. Absence of a motive.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The premeditation before the killing, its viciousness, and its apparent motivelessness mark the serial killer as the personification of evil.”
      “I was struck immediately by the motivelessness of publishing this picture.”
motives
  1. plural of motive
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Suddenly, its authorship comes into question, as do the motives of those left behind.”
      “Their different reasons for forming these collections comprise a rainbow of motives as complex as a Navajo sand painting.”
      “There may well be a few cases where teachers and others, from the best of motives, stray into absurdity.”
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