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[ ih-nik-wi-tee ] / ɪˈnɪk wɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR iniquity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural in·iq·ui·ties.gross injustice or wickedness. a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin. Origin of iniquity1300–50; Middle English <Latin inīquitās unevenness, unfairness, equivalent to inīqu(us) uneven, unfair (in-in-3 + -īquus, combining form of aequus even, equal) + -itās-ity SYNONYMS FOR iniquity1 evildoing, infamy, depravity, knavery. SEE SYNONYMS FOR iniquity ON THESAURUS.COM WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH iniquityinequity, iniquity Words nearby iniquityinhume, inimical, inimitable, inion, iniquitous, iniquity, init., initial, initialism, initialize, initially Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for iniquityHe stormed legendary spots like Palladium and Tunnel, and turned them into strobe-lit dens of iniquity. The Party Monster Lives For the Applause: Michael Alig’s Second Act|Caitlin Dickson|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST He read Borges and admired him, but the title of The Universal History of Iniquity gave him an immediate jolt. Danilo Kis, the Stylish Historian of Infamy|Anthony Paletta|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Residents of South Carolina divorce at a rate twice as high as for that den of iniquity, Washington, D.C. Marianne Gingrich Interview Casts Doubts on Newt’s New Image|Margaret Carlson|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST The guerrillas also attacked the hotel, he says, because it was a den of iniquity in the eyes of the puritanical insurgency. Exclusive: Taliban Boast About Kabul Hotel Attack|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|June 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A cynic might question the use of religion as a landing pad when one is tumbling from a place of power into the abyss of iniquity. The Passion of Mark Sanford|Kathleen Parker|June 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)|Edmund Burke Conscience had been bribed into acquiescence, and the iniquity thrived. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1|George W. Williams The priests of the world cloak their iniquity by saying there is no more revelation. Wilford Woodruff|Matthias F. Cowley They were born in sin and shapen in iniquity, and in sin did their mothers conceive them. Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote Thus they secretly, though perhaps unwittingly, "rejoice in iniquity." A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females|Harvey Newcomb
British Dictionary definitions for iniquity
noun plural -tieslack of justice or righteousness; wickedness; injustice a wicked act; sin Derived forms of iniquityiniquitous, adjectiveiniquitously, adverbiniquitousness, nounWord Origin for iniquityC14: from Latin inīquitās, from inīquus unfair, from in- 1 + aequus even, level; see equal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to iniquityheinousness, infamy, immorality, abomination, baseness, crime, wrong, misdeed, injustice, wrongdoing, unfairness, offense, wickedness, evildoing, unrighteousness, sinfulness, miscreancy |