† unequityn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Iniquity, wickedness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > iniquity
unrighteousnesseOE
unrightfulnessc1275
iniquity13..
unequityc1384
iniquitousness1870
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. iii. 5 If oure wickidnesse, or vnequyte, comende the riȝtwysnesse of God.
2. Unfairness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun]
unrighteOE
unrightnessOE
unrightfulnessc1275
wrongousnessc1325
the wrongc1330
unequityc1380
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unevennessa1470
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
inequity1556
iniquity1587
non-reason1597
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
wrongness1833
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > unfairness
unevennessa1470
inequity1556
iniquity1587
unequity1598
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
unsportingness1932
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 394 If it was vnequite..for to leue þe prechynge of goddis worde,..hou myche more vnequite and wronge to god & man is it [etc.].
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inequità, vnequitie.
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