iniquity
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iniquity
- /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ UK
- /ɪnˈɪkwɪti/ US
- /-kwə-/ US
- [-ɾi] US
Rhymes with -ɪkwɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle English iniquite, jniquite (“evil, wickedness, iniquity; evil act; hostility, malevolence; hostile act; a calamity, misfortune”), from Old French iniquité (modern French iniquité (“iniquity”)), from Latin inīquitās (“iniquity; inequality, unfairness; inequity, injustice”), from inīquus (“unequal, uneven, unfair; disadvantageous, unfavourable; hostile, unkind; unsuitable; wicked, wrong”) + -itās (variant of -tās (suffix forming a noun indicating a state of being)). Inīquus is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + aequus (“equal; fair, impartial, just”). Piecewise doublet of inequity.
noun iniquities · iniquitie
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Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
And bycauſe our auncient enemye the Deuyl, who is the well and, ſpryng of iniquitie, and is not onely hymſelfe an homycide, a lyer, and and^([sic]) hater of the truth frõ the beginnyng: [...] Therefore like as we deſyre here to be delyuered from ſynne, ſo also we deſyre, that our heauenly father wil
Similar: baseness, depravity, perversion
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An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.
For this is an heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquitie to bee puniſhed by the Judges.
Similar: depravity, outrage, atrocity, infamy, iniquity, turpitude, wickedness, wrong
Similar: baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity, misdoing, misguilt, obliquity, peccability, perversion, pollution, pravity, sin, sinfulness, turpitude, vitiation, wickedness, wrongdoing · Opposite: integrity, morality, well-doing
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noun
Similar: baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity, misdoing, misguilt, obliquity, peccability, perversion, pollution, pravity, sin, sinfulness, turpitude, vitiation, wickedness, wrongdoing · Opposite: integrity, morality, well-doing
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noun deviation from what is right — see also sin, wickedness
| Español | iniquidad |
|---|---|
| Português | iniquidade |
| Français | iniquité |
| Deutsch | Frevel |
| Italiano | empietà |
| Ελληνικά | αδικία adikía |
| Русский | несправедли́вость nespravedlívostʹ, зло zlo |
| עברית | עָוֺן 'avón |
noun act of great injustice or unfairness
| Español | iniquidad |
|---|---|
| Français | iniquité |
| Deutsch | Gräueltat, Missetat |
| Ελληνικά | αδικία adikía |
| Русский | гну́сность gnúsnostʹ, просту́пок prostúpok, прегреше́ние pregrešénije |
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title = {iniquity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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