iniquity

iniquity
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Iniquity — Gründung: 1989 Auflösung: 2004 Herkunftsland: Dänemark Genre: Death Metal Website: http://www.iniquity.dk/ (offline) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Iniquity — In*iq ui*ty, n.; pl. {Iniquities}. [OE. iniquitee, F. iniquit[ e], L. iniquitas, inequality, unfairness, injustice. See {Iniquous}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • iniquity — index atrocity, delinquency (misconduct), grievance, ground, guilt, injustice, misdeed, transgression …   Law dictionary

  • iniquity — c.1300, hostility, malevolence; a hostile action, from O.Fr. iniquité wickedness, unfavorable situation, from L. iniquitatem (nom. iniquitas) unequalness, unevenness, injustice, noun of quality from iniquus unjust, unequal; slanting, steep, from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • iniquity — [n] sin, evil abomination, baseness, crime, evildoing, heinousness, immorality, infamy, injustice, miscreancy, misdeed, offense, sinfulness, unfairness, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 645 Ant. good, goodness, virtue …   New thesaurus

  • iniquity — ► NOUN (pl. iniquities) ▪ injustice or immoral behaviour. DERIVATIVES iniquitous adjective iniquitously adverb iniquitousness noun. ORIGIN Latin iniquitas, from iniquus not equal or just …   English terms dictionary

  • iniquity — [i nik′wi tē] n. [ME iniquite < OFr iniquité < L iniquitas < iniquus, unequal < in , not + aequus, EQUAL] 1. lack of righteousness or justice; wickedness 2. pl. iniquities a wicked, unjust, or unrighteous act …   English World dictionary

  • Iniquity — Infobox musical artist Name = Iniquity Img capt = Img size = 250 Landscape = yes Background = group or band Origin = Copenhagen, Denmark Genre = Death metal Technical death metal Years active = 1989 2004 Label = Emanzipation Production Mighty… …   Wikipedia

  • iniquity — inequity, iniquity These two words are related in form, meaning, and derivation. Inequity is the opposite of equity and means ‘inequality, unfairness, injustice’: • He believes that politicians need to tackle the inequities that divide society… …   Modern English usage

  • iniquity — in|iq|ui|ty [ıˈnıkwıti] n plural iniquities [U and C] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: iniquité, from Latin, from aequus equal ] the quality of being very unfair or evil, or something that is very unfair iniquity of ▪ He went on and …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Iniquity — Vice Vice, n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. [1913 Webster] Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Mark the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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