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Webster 1913 Edition
Iniquity
In-iq′ui-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Iniquities
(#)
. 1.
Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack 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
Into all filth and foul
iniquity
. Spenser.
2.
An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or 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
Of miming gets the opinion of a wit.
Iniquity
, and in the fitOf miming gets the opinion of a wit.
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Iniquity
INIQ'UITY
,Noun.
1.
Injustice; unrighteousness; a deviation from rectitude; as the iniquity of war; the iniquity of the slave trade.2.
Want of rectitude in principle; as a malicious prosecution originating in the iniquity of the author.3.
A particular deviation from rectitude; a sin or crime; wickedness; any act of injustice. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. Is.59.
4.
Original want of holiness or depravity. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps.51.
Definition 2024
iniquity
iniquity
English
Noun
iniquity (plural iniquities)
- Deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.
- 1994, Jules, Pulp Fiction,
- The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
- 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
- 1994, Jules, Pulp Fiction,
- An unfair act or unconscionable deed.
- Hostility, malevolence, lawlessness.
- Denial of the sovereignty of God.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
deviation from right
wrongful act
lawlessness
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denial of sovereignty of God
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