Antinomian

One of the curses of having an academic bent is the need to know.  It doesn't rise to the level of obsession, but it is pervasive.  If I see a word I don't know, or worse, a word that I looked up previously and whose definition I am now unable to remember, I have to look it up.  

It's clear that I got sidetracked on my way to being an etymologist.  I try to note down where I saw the word and use the word if appropriate.  In this case, however,  I wrote "antinomian" on an envelope and only just got around to looking it up online:

antinomian   [ˌæntɪˈnəʊmɪən]

adj

(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) relating to the doctrine that by faith and the dispensation of grace a Christian is released from the obligation of adhering to any moral law.

I suspect that this applies to those who, secure in their faith, do ill to others with a clear conscience.  Suicide bombers would be the most obvious target, although it might have referred to extremists in the anti-abortion camp.