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Iniquity Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Iniquity?
[n] an unjust act
[n] morally objectionable behavior [n] absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" Synonyms | Synonyms for Iniquity: dark | darkness | evil | immorality | injustice | unfairness | wickedness | wickedness Related Terms | Find terms related to Iniquity: abomination | atrocity | bad | breach | crime | crime against humanity | deadly sin | delinquency | dereliction | diablerie | disgrace | enormity | error | evil | failure | fault | felony | genocide | guilty act | heavy sin | illegality | improperness | impropriety | indiscretion | inequitableness | inequity | inexpiable sin | infamy | iniquitousness | injury | injustice | knavery | lapse | malefaction | malfeasance | malum | minor wrong | misdeed | misdemeanor | misfeasance | mortal sin | nonfeasance | obliquity | offense | omission | outrage | peccadillo | peccancy | reprobacy | scandal | shame | sin | sin of commission | sin of omission | sinful act | slip | tort | transgression | trespass | trip | undueness | unjustness | unlawfulness | unmeetness | unutterable sin | venial sin | villainy | wrong | wrongdoing | wrongfulness | wrongness See Also | actus reus | condition | devilry | deviltry | evildoing | foul play | irreverence | misconduct | status | transgression | violation | wrongdoing | wrongful conduct Iniquity In Webster's Dictionary \In*iq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Iniquities}. [OE. iniquitee, F.
iniquit['e], L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice.
See {Iniquous}.]
1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of
rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice;
unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery;
the iniquity of an unjust judge.
Till the world from his perfection fell Into all
filth and foul iniquity. --Spenser.
2. An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice o?
unrighteousness; a sin; a crime. --Milton.
Your iniquities have separated between you and your
God. --Is. lix. 2.
3. A character or personification in the old English
moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of
one vice and sometimes of another. See {Vice}.
Acts old Iniquity, and in the fit Of miming gets the
opinion of a wit. --B. Jonson.
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